JP2016214444A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily reproduce a performance sound to the last minute, while inhibiting such inconvenience that respective performance sounds are mixed and become hard to listen.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: performance execution means (a liquid crystal display device 30 and speakers 31 and 32) for executing a specific performance (a speech performance); and sound processing means (sound source IC 431) for reproducing, in a game in which the specific performance is executed, audio according to the specific performance. In this configuration, when a new game is started during reproduction of audio and a predetermined performance is started in the new game, the sound processing means stops the audio and, when the predetermined performance is not executed in the game, continues the reproduction of the audio.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 26

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachislot machine.

  Conventionally, a gaming machine that executes various effects is known (for example, Patent Document 1). In the above gaming machines, the effect is determined for each game, and the effect sound is reproduced in each game.

JP2013-236784A

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, depending on the length of the production sound or the time when the reproduction of the production sound in each game is started, the production sound of the previous game may not end at the start of the current game. It was. In the above case, the effect sound of the previous game and the effect sound of the current game are mixed, and it may be difficult to hear each effect sound.

  In order to eliminate the above inconveniences, for example, a configuration in which the effect sound of the previous game is uniformly ended at the start of the current game can be considered. However, in the above configuration, for example, when the time interval of the game operation of the player is short (when the game operation is fast), it is difficult to reproduce the relatively long effect sound until the end. In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to make it easy to reproduce the effect sound to the end while suppressing the inconvenience that the effect sounds are difficult to hear when mixed.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the gaming machine according to the present invention accepts a variable display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols and stopping and displaying a combination of symbols as a result of the game, and a player's operation. A game starting means for starting a game, an internal lottery means for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery when the game is started, and a stop operation means operated by a player for stopping a symbol A winning determination means for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the variable display means, and each symbol on the variable display means is variably displayed when a game is started, and the winning combination and stop operation determined by the internal lottery means Depending on the player's operation mode for the means, the symbol fluctuation control means for stopping each symbol, the effect execution means for executing the specific effect, and the game in which the specific effect is executed, the response corresponding to the specific effect Sound processing means for reproducing the sound, the sound processing means is a case where a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound, and when a predetermined effect is executed in the new game, When the sound is stopped and the predetermined effect is not executed in a new game, the sound reproduction is continued.

  According to the above configuration of the present invention, when a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound (including the sound effect and the sound) of the specific effect, the predetermined effect is executed with the new game. The sound of the specific effect is stopped. Therefore, since the sound of the predetermined effect executed in the new game is not mixed with the sound of the specific effect in the previous game, the inconvenience that it is difficult to hear the sound of each effect is suppressed. In addition, according to the configuration of the present invention, when a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound of the specific effect, and the predetermined effect is not executed in the new game, the sound of the specific effect is played. Playback continues. Therefore, for example, when a new game is started, the sound of the specific effect of the previous game is easily reproduced to the end as compared with the configuration in which the sound of the specific effect of the previous game is uniformly stopped.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily reproduce the effect sound to the end while suppressing the inconvenience that it becomes difficult to hear each effect sound mixed.

It is a front view of a gaming machine. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of a cabinet. It is a figure which shows the back surface of a front door. It is a figure which shows each symbol arranged in each reel. It is a figure for demonstrating a symbol display area. It is a functional block diagram of a gaming machine. It is a functional block diagram of a sound source IC. It is a conceptual diagram of a symbol code table. It is a conceptual diagram of a winning area lottery table. It is a conceptual diagram of a winning combination determination table. It is a conceptual diagram of a winning combination rule table. It is a figure for demonstrating the replay which stops in each stop operation order. It is a figure for demonstrating the bell stopped in each stop operation order. It is a conceptual diagram of a transfer symbol prescription table. It is a figure for demonstrating the transition of an instruction | indication state. It is a conceptual diagram of an instruction | indication determination table. It is a figure for demonstrating each command transmitted from the main control board. It is a conceptual diagram of a rotation production | presentation determination table. It is a conceptual diagram of an AT determination table. It is a conceptual diagram of an instruction | indication effect determination table. It is a figure for demonstrating the probability that each line production will be determined. It is a figure for demonstrating each sound data. It is a figure for demonstrating channel information. It is a figure for demonstrating the audio | voice of each line. It is a figure for demonstrating each line production. It is a figure for demonstrating the time when each sound of each line production is reproduced. It is a figure for demonstrating each sound reproduced | regenerated with an effect control command. It is a flowchart of a starting process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of a setting change process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the game control process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of an initial setting process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the automatic insertion process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the game start pre-processing of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the insertion medal acceptance process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of a BET operation acceptance process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the adjustment operation acceptance process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of a lottery execution process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the internal lottery process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the rotation effect determination process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the instruction number determination process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the wait process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the stop process of the main CPU. It is a conceptual diagram of a priority order storage area. It is a flowchart of the priority order storing process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of a stop control process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the display determination process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the hopper drive process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the game state transition process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of the interruption process of the main CPU. It is a flowchart of a sub activation process of the sub CPU. It is a flowchart of the lamp control task of the sub CPU. It is a flowchart of the main control board communication task of the sub CPU. It is a flowchart of a command analysis process of the sub CPU. It is a flowchart of effect control processing of a sub CPU. It is a flowchart of a sub CPU image control board communication task. It is a flowchart of the master volume control task of the sub CPU. It is a flowchart of the acoustic control task of a sub CPU. It is a flowchart of an acoustic control task of the image control CPU. It is a figure for demonstrating the serif effect of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the time when the audio | voice of each line of a modification is reproduced | regenerated. It is a functional block diagram of a modification.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
<Structure of gaming machine>
The structure of the gaming machine 1 in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an example of a front view of the gaming machine 1. A player plays a game with the gaming machine 1 using a game medium (for example, a medal or a game ball). In the present embodiment, a gaming machine 1 (pachislot machine) in which medals are used as gaming media is illustrated.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a box-shaped cabinet 2 having an opening on the front side (player side) and a front door 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal structure of the cabinet 2. FIG. 3 is an example of a front view of the rear surface of the front door 3 (the surface on the inner side of the gaming machine 1). As shown in FIG. 2, the cabinet 2 is provided with a hinge mechanism 2a. The front door 3 is pivotally supported by the hinge mechanism 2a so that the opening of the cabinet 2 can be opened and closed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of (14 in the example of FIG. 1) housing lamps 5 are provided on the peripheral side of the front door 3. Each housing lamp 5 includes, for example, a light emitter such as a light emitting diode and a light transmissive lens that covers the light emitter. The housing lamp 5 emits light in a manner corresponding to each effect in the gaming machine 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the front door 3 is provided with a waist panel 6. On the waist panel 6, the name of the gaming machine 1 is drawn. A light emitter that irradiates the waist panel 6 is provided inside the gaming machine 1 (front door 3). For example, a light emitting diode or a cold cathode tube is adopted as the light emitter that irradiates the waist panel 6. In addition, a tray unit 7 for storing medals is provided below the waist panel 6. The tray unit 7 is provided so that the player can freely take out the stored medals.

  The front door 3 is provided with a medal insertion portion 8 having an opening for inserting medals and a medal payout opening 9 for discharging medals from the inside of the gaming machine 1. When a prescribed number (three) of medals are inserted from the medal insertion unit 8, the game can be started. The prescribed number is set according to the state of the game. The medals discharged from the medal payout opening 9 are stored in the tray unit 7.

  A panel 10 is provided on the front center side of the front door 3. A substantially rectangular display window 11 is formed in the center of the panel 10. From the display window 11, a plurality of reels 12 (12L, 12C, 12R) inside the cabinet 2 can be visually recognized.

  Each reel 12 includes a substantially cylindrical drum portion and a belt-like sheet member attached to the outer peripheral surface of the drum portion. The sheet member of the reel 12 is light transmissive, and a plurality of types of patterns are drawn on it. The reels 12 are rotatably provided and are arranged in the horizontal direction so as to be adjacent to each other as shown in FIG. Specifically, the reels 12 are arranged so that the rotation axes are positioned on the same straight line. Each reel 12 is fixed to a reel support 12F. Stepping motors 101 (101L, 101C, 101R) are provided on each of the reels 12 (not shown), and each reel 12 is rotated by each stepping motor 101.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the symbols arranged on each reel 12 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the outer periphery of each of the plurality of reels 12 is divided into 21 frames. As shown in FIG. 4, one symbol is drawn on each frame. In the present embodiment, the Nth frame from the bottom of the symbol array shown in FIG. 4 (N is an integer from a numerical value “0” to a numerical value “20”) may be described as a symbol position “N”. As shown in FIG. 4, each reel 12 has a bell x symbol, bell y symbol, white BAR symbol, replay x symbol, plum symbol, replay y symbol, red seven symbol, cherry symbol, black BAR symbol and watermelon symbol. Arranged. Specifically, the bell x symbol includes the symbol position “3, 8, 17” of the left reel 12L, the symbol position “1, 4, 9, 12, 17” of the middle reel 12C, and the symbol position of the right reel 12R. “4, 7, 12, 15, 20”. The bell y symbol is arranged at the symbol position “13, 20” of the left reel 12L. The replay x symbols include symbol positions “2, 12, 16, 19” on the left reel 12L, symbol positions “2, 7, 10, 15, 20” on the middle reel 12C, and symbol positions “0, 16, 18 ". The replay y symbols are the symbol position “7” of the left reel 12L, the symbol positions “2, 7, 10, 15, 20” of the middle reel 12C, and the symbol positions “5, 8, 13” of the right reel 12R. Arranged. Plum symbols are symbol positions “1, 6, 9, 15, 18” on the left reel 12L, symbol positions “0, 3, 8, 11” on the middle reel 12C, and symbol positions “3, 6” on the right reel 12R. , 11, 14 ". The cherry symbols are arranged at a symbol position “10” of the left reel 12L, a symbol position “6, 19” of the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “9, 17” of the right reel 12R. The watermelon symbols are arranged at a symbol position “0, 14” of the left reel 12L, a symbol position “13” of the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “1” of the right reel 12R. The white BAR symbols are arranged at a symbol position “11” of the left reel 12L, a symbol position “16” of the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “19” of the right reel 12R. The black BAR symbols are arranged at a symbol position “4” of the left reel 12L, a symbol position “14” of the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “2” of the right reel 12R. The red seven symbols are arranged at a symbol position “5” of the left reel 12L, a symbol position “5, 18” of the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “10” of the right reel 12R.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the bell x symbol and the bell y symbol are similar in shape. However, the bell y symbol is different from the bell x symbol in that a symbol representing a star is attached as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the bell x symbol and the bell y symbol are not distinguished from each other and may be referred to as a bell symbol. In addition, the replay x symbol and the replay y symbol are similar in shape and display the letters “REP”. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the character “REP” is different in that the replay x symbol is displayed in white while the replay y symbol is displayed in black. In the present embodiment, the replay x symbol and the replay y symbol are not distinguished and may be referred to as a replay symbol. Further, each symbol of the reel 12 can be generally identified by the player even when the reel 12 is rotating. Therefore, the player can perform an operation to stop the reel 12 (a so-called eye-opening) at a timing when a specific symbol passes through the display window 11. In FIG. 4, each symbol is shown in a color different from the actual color of each symbol. In addition, a symbol arrangement table (not shown) indicating the symbol arrangement of each reel 12 is stored in the main ROM 302.

  Three symbols for each reel 12 are stopped and displayed on the display window 11 of the front door 3 shown in FIG. That is, when all the reels 12 are stopped, a total of nine symbols are stopped and displayed on the display window 11. In the present embodiment, an area where each symbol is displayed is referred to as a “symbol display region”.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the symbol display area. As shown in FIG. 5, the symbol display area includes each unit area U (L, C, R). In each unit area U, one symbol is displayed. Each unit area U includes a unit area UL in which symbols of the left reel 12L are displayed, a unit area UC in which symbols of the middle reel 12C are displayed, and a unit in which symbols of the right reel 12R are displayed. And the region UR. Each unit area UL includes a unit area UL1 located in the upper stage, a unit area UL2 located in the middle stage, and a unit area UL3 located in the lower stage. Each unit area UC includes a unit area UC1 located in the upper stage, a unit area UC2 located in the middle stage, and a unit area UC3 located in the lower stage. Each unit area UR includes the unit area UR1 located in the upper stage and the middle stage The unit region UR2 located at the bottom and the unit region UR3 located at the lower stage are included.

  When a prescribed number of medals are inserted into the medal insertion unit 8, an effective line is set. The effective line is composed of any one unit area U of the reels 12L, one unit area U of the reels 12C, and any one unit area U of the reels 12R among the unit areas U. It is an area. The effective line of the present embodiment is a line connecting the unit area UL2 of the reel 12L, the unit area UC2 of the reel 12C, and the unit area UR2 of the reel 12R among the unit areas U that are stopped and displayed in the symbol display area.

  A combination of symbols as a result of the game is stopped and displayed on the active line. When a combination of symbols predetermined on the active line is stopped, a profit is given to the player according to the stopped combination of symbols. For example, when a combination of symbols related to winning is stopped and displayed on the active line, a medal is awarded to the player. Further, when a combination of symbols relating to replay is stopped and displayed on the active line, the player is given the right to replay. Specifically, when the combination of symbols related to the re-game is displayed in the current game, the next game can be started without requiring medal insertion. The combination of symbols that can be stopped and displayed on the active line is determined for each game in accordance with the result of an internal lottery process to be described later.

  In the present embodiment, a line connecting the upper unit area UL1 of the reel 12L, the upper unit area UC1 of the reel 12C, and the upper unit area UR1 of the reel 12R may be referred to as an “upper line”. Similarly, a line connecting the middle unit area UL2 of the reel 12L, the middle unit area UC2 of the reel 12C, and the middle unit area UR2 of the reel 12R (effective line in this embodiment) may be referred to as a “middle line”. is there. In addition, a line connecting the lower unit area UL3 of the reel 12L, the lower unit area UC3 of the reel 12C, and the lower unit area UR3 of the reel 12R may be referred to as a “lower line”. In addition, a line connecting the lower unit area UL3 of the reel 12L, the middle unit area UC2 of the reel 12C, and the upper unit area UR1 of the reel 12R may be referred to as an “upper right line”. Similarly, a line connecting the upper unit area UL1 of the reel 12L, the middle unit area UC2 of the reel 12C, and the lower unit area UR3 of the reel 12R may be referred to as a “right downward line”.

  Each reel 12 is provided with a backlight for illuminating the sheet member of the reel 12 from the inside (not shown). Specifically, each of the reels 12 includes a backlight that illuminates the unit area U of the upper line of the reel 12, a backlight that illuminates the unit area U of the middle line, and a backlight that illuminates the unit area U of the lower line. Provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the panel 10 includes a loadable indicator lamp 13, a BET lamp 14 (14 a, 14 b, 14 c), a start lamp 15, an instruction indicator 16, a stored number indicator 17, a replay indicator lamp 18, A plurality of indicators (hereinafter referred to as “main indicator ML”) including a weight lamp 19 and a stop lamp 20 are provided. Each lamp of the main display ML is controlled by a main CPU 301 described later.

  The insertable display lamp 13 notifies whether or not a medal from the medal insertion unit 8 can be received. Specifically, in a state where a medal from the medal insertion unit 8 can be received, the insertion possibility display lamp 13 is lit. On the other hand, in a state where medals cannot be received, the insertion possible display lamp 13 is turned off. For example, the period during which the reel 12 is rotating is in a state where no medal can be received, and therefore, the insertable display lamp 13 is turned off. On the other hand, when all the reels 12 are stopped and a medal can be received, the thrown-in indicator lamp 13 is lit.

  The BET lamp 14 displays the number of betting medals. The BET lamp 14 includes a single lamp 14a, a double lamp 14b, and a triple lamp 14c. When one betting medal is set, one lamp 14a is turned on. When two betting medals are set, one lamp 14a and two lamps 14b are turned on, and three betting medals are set. And the single lamp 14a, the double lamp 14b, and the triple lamp 14c are turned on. The start lamp 15 notifies whether or not a game start operation (operation of a start lever 24 described later) can be accepted. Specifically, the start lamp 15 is turned on when a specified number of betting medals are set or when a combination of symbols relating to replaying is stopped on the active line.

  The instruction display 16 is controlled by the main CPU 301 and displays instruction information for instructing the operation mode (push order) of the stop button 25. As will be described in detail later, the main CPU 301 displays instruction information on the instruction display 16 in each game in the AT state. The instruction display 16 displays the number of medals awarded to the player when the symbol combination of the winning combination is displayed on the active line. For example, when the symbol combination “bell-bell-bell” is stopped and displayed on the active line, nine medals are awarded to the player, and the indication display 16 displays the number “9”. The instruction display 16 of this embodiment is a 2-digit 7-segment display.

  The number of medals awarded to the player can be electrically stored (stored) in the gaming machine 1 (main RAM 303 described later). In the present embodiment, the number of stored medals is referred to as “credit number”. The number of credits is added when a medal is awarded as a result of the game. The credit amount is added when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 in a state where a prescribed number of betting medals are inserted.

  The stored number display 17 displays the number of credits. Specifically, the stored number display unit 17 variably displays the numerical value “0” to the numerical value “50” that is the upper limit value of the credit number according to the stored credit number. The replay display lamp 18 notifies that replay is in progress. Specifically, the re-game display lamp 18 is lit until the next game ends after the combination of symbols relating to the re-game is stopped and displayed on the active line in the current game. When the re-game display lamp 18 is lit, the player is notified that the next game start operation can be performed without using a medal. The weight lamp 19 is lit during a wait period from when a game start operation (operation of a start lever 24 described later) is started until rotation of each reel 12 is started. The wait period is provided in order to make the average time length required for one game equal to or greater than a predetermined value (about 4.1 seconds). The stop lamp 20 notifies that the game is in a stop state that is impossible.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the front door 3 has a 1 BET button 21, a MAX-BET button 22, a checkout button 23, a start lever 24, a plurality of stop buttons 25 (25L, 25C, 25R), an effect button 26, and direction designation. A plurality of operation units including buttons 27 are provided. Each operation unit is operated by a player.

  The 1BET button 21 is operated when setting one betting medal using the stored medals. For example, when the 1BET button 21 is operated in a state where no betting medal is set, a numerical value “1” is subtracted from the number of credits, and one betting medal is set. That is, the player can set one betting medal using the stored medal by operating the 1BET button 21. The MAX-BET button 22 is operated when setting a specified number of betting medals using the stored medals. For example, when the MAX-BET button 22 is operated in a state where no betting medal is set, three (specified number) are subtracted from the number of credits, and three betting medals are set. The settlement button 23 is operated when a medal stored as the number of credits and a betting medal are settled. When the checkout button 23 is operated, the total number of medals including credits and betting medals is paid out from the medal payout opening 9. Note that the betting medal may be settled by the first operation of the settlement button 23 and the credits may be settled by the second operation. In the present embodiment, the operation of the MAX-BET button 22 or the 1BET button 21 may be referred to as a BET operation.

  The start lever 24 is operated by the player when starting the game. The player can instruct the start of the game by performing a start operation on the start lever 24 in a state where the game can be started. The start lever 24 of the present embodiment can tilt in any direction of 360 degrees from a state substantially perpendicular to the front door 3. In addition, the handle part of the start lever 24 is formed of a light-transmitting resin and incorporates a lever effect lamp 42. The lever effect lamp 42 lights up in a predetermined effect.

  The stop button 25 is operated by the player when the reel 12 is stopped. The stop button 25 includes a stop button 25L, a stop button 25C, and a stop button 25R. The stop button 25L corresponds to the reel 12L, the stop button 25C corresponds to the reel 12C, and the stop button 25R corresponds to the reel 12R. When the stop button 25 corresponding to the reel 12 is operated (hereinafter referred to as “stop operation”) during the period in which the reel 12 is rotating, the reel 12 stops.

  Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the first stop operation in each game is referred to as a first stop operation. Similarly, the second stop operation is referred to as a second stop operation, and the third stop operation is referred to as a third stop operation. Control in which the gaming machine 1 (main CPU 301 described later) stops the reel 12 based on the first stop operation is referred to as first stop control. Similarly, the reel 12 stop control based on the second stop operation is referred to as second stop control, and the reel 12 stop control based on the third stop operation is referred to as third stop control. Further, the symbol position of the reel 12 positioned in the middle line of the display window 11 at the time when the stop operation is performed is referred to as a stop operation position. The symbol position located on the middle line during the rotation of each reel 12 is stored in the symbol counter, and the symbol position of the symbol counter at the time of the stop operation is acquired as the stop operation position. The symbol counter is provided in the main RAM 303, for example.

  When all the reels 12 are stopped, the combination of symbols as a result of the game is displayed on the active line, and the game ends. As will be described later, when the game is started, each reel 12 is accelerated to a certain rotational speed. During a period in which each reel 12 has a constant rotation speed (a period in which the reel 12 is constantly rotating), a stop operation for stopping and displaying the game result on the active line becomes possible. On the other hand, in the acceleration period from the start of rotation of each reel 12 to the steady rotation, even if the reel 12 is rotating, a stop operation for displaying a game result is not accepted.

  The effect button 26 is operated by the player when giving an instruction regarding the effect. For example, the user can instruct execution of a specific effect by operating the effect button 26. That is, the specific effect is executed when the effect button 26 is operated (trigger). Note that the MAX-BET button 22 can also have the function of the effect button 26. According to the above configuration, the effect button 26 is omitted, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  The direction designation button 27 is operated by the player when a menu image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 30, for example. The direction designation button 27 includes an upper button, a lower button, a right button, and a left button. For example, by operating the direction designation button 27, the cursor for designating options displayed on the menu image can be moved. Specifically, when the up button is operated, the cursor in the menu image moves upward. Similarly, when the lower button is operated, the cursor moves downward, when the right button is operated, the cursor moves rightward, and when the left button is operated, the cursor moves leftward. Further, when the direction designation button 27 is operated in the non-game state, the master volume of the gaming machine 1 is changed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the panel 10 of the front door 3 includes a plurality of effect lamps 28 (28 a to 28 e) and a plurality of stop operation order display lamps in addition to the main display ML (start lamp 15 and the like) described above. 29 (29L, 29C, 29R). Each lamp of the main display ML is controlled by the main CPU 301, while each effect lamp 28 and each stop operation order display lamp 29 are controlled by a sub CPU 412 described later. The effect lamp 28a and the effect lamp 28b among the plurality of effect lamps 28 are provided on the left side of the display window 11 in front view, and the effect lamps 28e to 28e are on the right side of the display window 11 in front view. Is provided. Each effect lamp 28 notifies the current game state and the like.

  Each stop operation order display lamp 29 is provided in an area below the display window 11 in the panel 10 and notifies the operation order of each stop button 25. Specifically, the stop operation order display lamp 29L is provided at a position corresponding to the reel 12L (lower left side of the display window 11), and the stop operation order display lamp 29C is set at a position corresponding to the reel 12C (the display window 11 of the display window 11). The stop operation sequence display lamp 29R is provided at a position corresponding to the reel 12R (lower right side of the display window 11). For example, it is assumed that the stop button 25R is notified by the first stop operation, the stop button 25C by the second stop operation, and the order of the stop button 25L by the third stop operation (so-called reverse pressing) is notified to the player. In the above case, the stop operation order display lamp 29R is lit when the game is started, the stop operation order display lamp 29C is lit after the stop button 25R is operated, and the stop operation order is displayed after the stop button 25C is operated. The display lamp 29L is lit.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a liquid crystal display device 30 that displays various images is provided above the display window 11 of the front door 3. The liquid crystal display device 30 displays a moving image and a still image according to an effect executed on the gaming machine 1. Specifically, the liquid crystal display device 30 notifies information relating to a result of an internal lottery process described later, information suggesting a gaming state, and the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the front door 3 is provided with speakers 31 (31L, 31R) and speakers 32 (32L, 32R). The speaker 31 is provided on the lower end side of the front door 3, and includes a speaker 31L attached to the left side when viewed from the player side and a speaker 31R attached to the right side. The speaker 32 is provided on the upper end side of the front door 3 and includes a speaker 32L attached to the left side as viewed from the player side and a speaker 32R attached to the right side. The speaker 31 and the speaker 32 output sound (music, sound and sound effect) according to the production. For example, the speaker 31 and the speaker 32 output sound related to the effect executed by the liquid crystal display device 30, the effect lamp 28, the housing lamp 5, the stop operation order display lamp 29, or the lever effect lamp 42. To do. The speaker 31 and the speaker 32 are attached to the back surface of the front door 3, and a plurality of sound emitting holes are formed on the surface of the front door 3 at positions corresponding to the speaker 31 and the speaker 32.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the front door 3 is provided with a return button 33. The return button 33 is operated in order to clear the medal clogging in the medal flow path inside the gaming machine 1. By operating the return button 33, medals jammed in the medal flow path are discharged from the medal payout opening 9.

  The front door 3 is provided with a locking device 4 in which a keyhole is formed. When the locking device 4 of the front door 3 is engaged with a locking piece (not shown) of the cabinet 2, the front door 3 is locked. As shown in FIG. 1, the keyhole of the locking device 4 is located in front of the front door 3, and a key (not shown) for unlocking the front door 3 can be inserted. As will be described later, various operation units (for example, a setting change button 37) are provided inside the cabinet 2. Each operation section inside the cabinet 2 is operated by a key manager (for example, a store clerk in a game hall where the gaming machine 1 is installed) that unlocks the front door 3.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a selector 34 capable of switching the flow path of medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 is provided on the back surface of the front door 3. Specifically, the selector 34 includes a solenoid (not shown), and the medal flow path is switched according to the ON / OFF state of the solenoid. Further, the ON / OFF state of the solenoid is changed depending on whether or not the insertion of medals is permitted. For example, when the insertion of medals is permitted, the solenoid of the selector 34 is in the ON state, and the selector 34 guides the medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 into the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 3, an insertion medal guide member 522 is provided in the vicinity of the right side of the selector 34 when viewed from the inside of the gaming machine 1. The inserted medal guide member 522 guides the medal that has passed through the selector 34 to a hopper 520 provided in the cabinet 2.

  On the other hand, when the insertion of medals is not permitted (for example, when the reel 12 is rotating), the solenoid of the selector 34 is in the OFF state, and the selector 34 uses the medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 as a gaming machine. Lead outside of 1. Further, the selector 34 guides a foreign object (for example, an illegal medal) inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 to the outside of the gaming machine 1 even when the insertion of the medal is permitted. As shown in FIG. 3, a discharge medal guide member 523 is provided near the lower side of the selector 34. The discharged medal guide member 523 guides medals and the like from the selector 34 to the medal payout opening 9 on the front side of the front door 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a hopper 520 having a tank portion 521 a for storing medals and having a discharge slit 521 b for discharging medals is provided inside the cabinet 2. The medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 are stored in the tank unit 521a, and the medals stored in the tank unit 521a are paid out to the tray unit 7 from the discharge slit 521b through the medal payout opening 9. For example, the hopper 520 pays out medals when a combination of symbols related to winning is displayed on the active line or when the checkout button 23 is operated.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a payout medal guide member 524 is provided on the back surface of the front door 3. The payout medal guide member 524 guides the medal from the hopper 520 to the medal payout exit 9. Specifically, the payout medal guide member 524 has an opening, and the opening faces the discharge slit 521b of the hopper 520 in a state where the front door 3 is closed. The medals discharged from the discharge slit 521b enter the opening of the payout medal guide member 524 and are guided to the medal payout exit 9 by the payout medal guide member 524.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an auxiliary storage portion 530 is provided inside the cabinet 2. The auxiliary storage unit 530 stores medals overflowing from the hopper 520. In addition, it is good also as a structure which provides the hole which penetrates the bottom part of the auxiliary storage part 530, and the bottom part of the cabinet 2, and discharges the medal overflowing from the hopper to the exterior of the gaming machine 1 through the hole.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a main control board 300 is provided inside the cabinet 2. Specifically, the main control board 300 is housed in a transparent board case and attached to the back plate of the cabinet 2. Various electronic components including a later-described main CPU 301 are mounted on the main control board 300. The main control board 300 is electrically connected to various boards including a reel board 100, a relay board 200, a sub-control board 400, and a power board 500, which will be described later, through connectors (not shown). Note that the various substrates described above may be formed of a single substrate or a plurality of substrates.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a setting display unit 36 and a setting change button 37 are provided inside the cabinet 2. The setting display unit 36 displays the setting value of the gaming machine 1. The set value is a numerical value related to the payout rate of the gaming machine 1, and various lotteries are executed with a probability corresponding to the set value in each game. For example, setting values “1” to “6” are provided, and the setting value “6” has the highest payout rate. In the present embodiment, when a setting change key (not shown) is inserted into a setting change keyhole (not shown) and rotated, the setting display unit 36 displays the setting value.

  The setting change button 37 is operated when changing the numerical value of the setting display unit 36. Each time the setting change button 37 is operated, the setting display unit 36 adds and displays numerical values one by one. For example, when the setting change button 37 is operated in a state where the numerical value “1” is displayed on the setting display unit 36, the numerical value “2” is displayed on the setting display unit 36. However, when the setting change button 37 is operated while the numerical value “6” is displayed on the setting display unit 36, the numerical value “1” is displayed on the setting display unit 36. When the start lever 24 is operated during a period in which the setting value is displayed on the setting display unit 36, the numerical value displayed on the setting display unit 36 at the time of the operation is stored as the setting value.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a sub control board 400 is provided on the back surface of the front door 3. The sub-control board 400 includes various boards including an effect control board 410, an image control board 420, and a sound board 430.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a power supply device 510 is provided inside the cabinet 2. The power supply device 510 includes an AC-DC converter and a DC-DC converter (both not shown), generates a DC voltage from an AC voltage supplied from the outside of the gaming machine 1, and generates a plurality of types from the generated DC voltage. Generate DC voltage. For example, the power supply device 510 has a DC voltage of 32 V used for driving a motor or a solenoid, a DC voltage of 12 V supplied to the liquid crystal display device 30, and a voltage of 5 V supplied to an electronic circuit board (for example, the main control board 300). DC voltage is generated.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the power supply device 510 is provided with a power button 511 and a reset button 512. When the power button 511 is turned on, power is supplied to the gaming machine 1, and when the power button 511 is turned off, the power is shut off. The reset button 512 is operated when resetting a gaming state or the like. Specifically, when a reset button is operated, a predetermined storage area of a main RAM 303 described later is reset to an initial value.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the power supply device 510 is provided with a shielding plate 513. The shielding plate 513 is located on the front side of the power button 511 and the reset button 512. Further, the shielding plate 513 can move to a position where the power button 511 and the reset button 512 are shielded and a position where the power button 511 and the reset button 512 are not shielded. Specifically, when the front door 3 is closed, the shielding plate 513 shields the power button 511 and the reset button 512. According to the above configuration, for example, an unauthorized act of inserting a wire from the outside of the gaming machine 1 into the sound emission hole of the speaker 31 and operating the power button 511 or the reset button 512 inside the gaming machine 1 is suppressed.

<Circuit machine circuit>
This is the end of the description of the structure of the gaming machine 1. Hereinafter, the function of each circuit provided in the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the gaming machine 1 includes a reel board 100, a relay board 200, a main control board 300, a sub control board 400, and a power supply board 500.

<Main control board>
As shown in FIG. 6, the main control board 300 includes a main CPU 301, a main ROM 302, a main RAM 303, a random number generator 304, and an I / F (interface) circuit 305. Note that the main CPU 301, the main ROM 302, and the main RAM 303 may be provided as separate electronic devices, or may be provided as a one-chip microcomputer in which each element is integrally configured.

  The main ROM 302 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 301 and various data (for example, a winning area lottery table) in a nonvolatile manner. The main RAM 303 stores various data used in each process executed by the main CPU 301.

  The main CPU 301 reads various control programs stored in the main ROM 302 and performs predetermined processing in accordance with the progress of the game. Control the equipment.

  The random number generator 304 generates a random value R1 used in an internal lottery process to be described later. The random number generator 304 of this embodiment includes a counter circuit, a sampling circuit, and a pulse generation circuit (all not shown), and generates a hardware random number. Specifically, the pulse generation circuit outputs a signal to the counter circuit at a predetermined cycle. The numerical value of the counter circuit is incremented by “1” every time a signal is input from the pulse generation circuit. The sampling circuit stores the numerical value of the counter circuit as the random number value R1 when the player starts the game. The random value R1 is generated in the range of numerical values “0” to “65535”. A software random number may be adopted as the random value R1.

  In the present embodiment, a random value R2 is generated in addition to the random value R1. The random number value R2 is a software random number acquired from a register built in the main CPU 301, and is generated in the range of numerical values “0” to “255”. As will be described later, the random value R2 is used in the spinning effect determination process. Further, the main CPU 301 generates a random value R3. The random number value R3 is a hardware random number generated in the range of numerical values “0” to “65535”, like the random number value R1. The random value R3 is used in an AT determination process described later. A software random number may be adopted as the random value R3.

  The I / F circuit 305 inputs a signal from each switch SW (for example, the start switch 24SW) of each operation unit (for example, the start lever 24) and a signal from each sensor SE (for example, the medal sensor 34SE) to the main CPU 301. The signal from each switch SW and each sensor SE is a high level or low level signal. In the present embodiment, for the sake of explanation, a first level (high level or low level) signal is represented as an ON signal, and a second level (low level or high level) signal is represented as an OFF signal. To do. Whether the first level of the ON signal is high level or low level is set according to the type of the switch SW or sensor SE.

  The I / F circuit 305 outputs various signals for driving the main display ML, the hopper 520, and each reel 12 to the outside of the main control board 300. Further, the I / F circuit 305 outputs various commands to the sub control board 400. In order to prevent an illegal command from being input to the main control board, the command from the sub control board 400 is not received by the main control board 300.

  A signal from the main control board 300 is input to the reel board 100. The reel substrate 100 outputs a drive pulse to each reel 12 in response to a signal from the main control substrate 300. Each stepping motor 101 of each reel 12 is driven in accordance with a driving pulse from the reel substrate 100.

  The stepping motor 101 includes a plurality (four) of coils. Among the coils, the excitation coil combination is sequentially switched every time a drive pulse is input from the reel substrate 100, and the reels 12 are rotated by sequentially switching the excitation coil combinations. Specifically, when the combination of the excited coils of the stepping motor 101 is switched once, the reel 12 rotates by a predetermined angle. For example, when the pulse is applied 24 times, the reel 12 rotates by an angle corresponding to one frame (unit area U), and when the pulse is applied 504 times, the reel 12 rotates once. In the above configuration, the rotation speed of the reel 12 increases as the time interval at which the drive pulse is applied is shorter.

  The main control board 300 receives ON / OFF signals from a plurality of reel sensors 111 (111L, 111C, 111R) via the reel board 100. Of the reel sensors 111, the reel sensor 111L corresponds to the reel 12L, the reel sensor 111C corresponds to the reel 12C, and the reel sensor 111R corresponds to the reel 12R. Each reel sensor 111 outputs an ON signal when the rotation angle of the corresponding reel 12 is the reference position. On the other hand, when the rotation angle of each reel 12 is other than the reference position, each reel sensor 111 outputs an OFF signal. The main CPU 301 of the main control board 300 can determine the rotation angle of each reel 12 from the signal from each reel sensor 111 and the number of times the drive pulse is output to each stepping motor 101.

  The relay board 200 relays a signal from the main control board 300 to the main display ML. In response to the signal output from the main control board 300, the main display ML is driven. The relay board 200 relays an ON / OFF signal input to the main control board 300 from each sensor (such as a start switch 24SW described later) that detects the operation of each operation unit (such as the start lever 24). Specifically, the relay board 200 relays ON / OFF signals from the 1BET switch 21SW, the MAX-BET switch 22SW, the settlement switch 23SW, the start switch 24SW, the stop switch 25SW, and the medal sensor 34SE as shown in FIG. To do. As shown in FIG. 6, the power supply board 500 relays ON / OFF signals of various sensors or switches including the full sensor 530SE, the reset switch 512SE, and the payout sensor 112SE.

  The 1BET switch 21SW detects an operation of the 1BET button 21 by the player. The ON signal from the 1BET switch 21SW is input to the I / F circuit 305 of the main control board 300 via the relay board 200. When the ON signal from the 1BET switch 21SW is input, the main CPU 301 adds one medal to the betting medal.

  The MAX-BET switch 22SW detects the operation of the MAX-BET button 22 by the player. The ON signal from the MAX-BET switch 22SW is input to the I / F circuit 305 of the main control board 300 through the relay board 200. When the ON signal from the MAX-BET switch 22SW is input, the main CPU 301 sets a prescribed number of medals as betting medals.

  The settlement switch 23SW detects the operation of the settlement button 23 by the player. The ON signal from the settlement switch 23SW is input to the I / F circuit 305 of the main control board 300 via the relay board 200.

  When an ON signal is input from the settlement switch 23SW, or when a combination of symbols related to winning is displayed on the active line, the main CPU 301 outputs a hopper drive signal to the hopper 520. The hopper drive signal is input from the main control board 300 to the hopper 520 through the power supply board 500. The hopper 520 pays out medals when a hopper drive signal is input.

  The payout sensor 112SE outputs a payout signal to the main control board 300 every time one medal is paid out from the hopper 520. Specifically, a payout sensor 112SE is provided at a position where a medal passing through the discharge slit 521b of the hopper 520 is detected. The payout sensor 112SE outputs a payout signal when a medal is detected. The payout signal is input to the main control board 300 via the power supply board 500. The main CPU 301 can determine the number of medals paid out by counting the number of times the payout signal is input.

  Full tank sensor 530SE detects that auxiliary storage unit 530 is full. Specifically, the full tank sensor 530SE is provided at a predetermined height from the bottom of the auxiliary storage unit 530. When the medals inside the auxiliary storage unit 530 increase and reach the position of the full tank sensor 530SE, an ON signal Is output to the main control board 300. The ON signal of the full sensor 530SE is input to the main control board 300 through the power supply board 500. When the ON signal of the full sensor 530SE is input, the main CPU 301 displays a message “hopper full error” on the liquid crystal display device 30, for example, and shifts to an error state. When the message is displayed, for example, after an amusement shop clerk collects medals in the auxiliary storage unit 530, the error state is canceled by operating the reset button 512.

  The power switch 511SW is switched to an ON state or an OFF state by operating the power button 511. When the power switch 511SW is in the ON state, power is supplied from the power supply device 510 to the gaming machine 1, and when the power switch 511SW is in the OFF state, the power from the power supply device 510 to the gaming machine 1 is shut off. The power supply device 510 generates a DC voltage when power is supplied. The DC voltage generated by the power supply device 510 is supplied to various devices including the hopper 520 through the power supply substrate 500.

  The reset switch 512SW is provided in the power supply device 510 and outputs a reset signal to the main control board 300 when the reset button 512 is operated. The reset signal is input to the main control board 300 via the power supply board 500. When the main CPU 301 receives the reset signal, the main CPU 301 initializes a predetermined storage area of the main RAM 303, for example, cancels the error state. Note that a plurality of reset switches 512SW (reset buttons 512) may be provided. For example, in addition to the reset switch 512SW provided in the power supply device 510, the lock device 4 may be provided with a reset switch. In the above configuration, for example, when the key is inserted into the keyhole of the locking device 4 and the key is rotated to the right, the front door 3 is unlocked, and when the key is rotated to the left, a reset signal is output from the reset switch. An output configuration is preferably employed.

  The setting change switch 37SW shown in FIG. 6 detects the operation of the setting change button 37. The ON signal from the setting change switch 37SW is input to the main control board 300. When an ON signal is input from the setting change switch 37SW, the main CPU 301 updates the display on the setting display unit 36. When an ON signal is input from the setting change switch 37SW during a period when the setting value is not displayed on the setting display unit 36, the main CPU 301 determines a predetermined value in the same manner as when a reset signal is input from the reset switch 512SW. It is good also as a structure which performs reset operation.

  The medal sensor 34SE detects medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8. Specifically, the medal sensor 34SE outputs an ON signal when a medal is located inside the selector 34 in the medal flow path. On the other hand, the medal sensor 34SE outputs an OFF signal when no medal is located inside the selector 34. The ON / OFF signal from the medal sensor 34SE is input to the main control board 300 via the relay board 200. In addition to the medal sensor 34SE of the selector 34 described above, a medal sensor may be provided on the inserted medal guide member 522 located downstream of the selector 34. In the above configuration, when the ON signal of the medal sensor of the inserted medal guide member 522 is input after the ON signal of the medal sensor 34SE of the selector 34 is input, the main CPU 301 determines that the medal has been inserted. Also good. On the other hand, for example, when the ON signal of the medal sensor of the inserted medal guide member 522 is not input after the ON signal of the medal sensor 34SE of the selector 34 is input, there is a possibility that the medal stays in the medal flow path. Therefore, the main CPU 301 may notify an error.

  ON / OFF signals from a plurality of stop switches 25SW (25SWL, 25SWC, 25SWR) are input to the main control board 300 via the relay board 200. Of the stop switches 25SW, the stop switch 25SWL corresponds to the stop button 25L, the stop switch 25SWC corresponds to the stop button 25C, and the stop switch 25SWR corresponds to the stop button 25R. The main CPU 301 performs stop control of the reel 12 corresponding to the stop switch 25SW to which the ON signal is input. Specifically, when an ON signal is input from the stop switch 25SWL, the reel 12L is controlled to stop. Similarly, the main CPU 301 performs stop control of the reel 12C when an ON signal is input from the stop switch 25SWC, and performs stop control of the reel 12R when an ON signal is input from the stop switch 25SWR.

  The start switch 24SW detects the operation of the start lever 24 by the player. The ON signal from the start switch 24SW is input to the I / F circuit 305 of the main control board 300 via the relay board 200. When the ON signal is input from the start switch 24SW, the main CPU 301 controls, for example, each stepping motor 101 to rotate each reel 12. Further, an ON signal from the setting change switch 37 </ b> SW is input to the main control board 300.

  The start switch 24SW of the present embodiment is formed so as to be able to detect the direction in which the start lever 24 is operated. Specifically, the start switch 24SW can individually detect any of push-up operation for pushing up the start lever 24, push-down operation for pushing down, right-hand operation for tilting to the right, and left-hand operation for tilting to the left as viewed from the player side. is there. For example, when the start switch 24SW is operated to the right, the start switch 24SWU that outputs an ON signal when the start lever 24 is pushed up, the start switch 24SWD that outputs an ON signal when the start lever 24 is pushed down, and ON The sensor includes a start switch 24SWR that outputs a signal and a start switch 24SWL that outputs an ON signal when operated to the left. According to the above configuration, for example, it is possible to vary the effect that is executed when the start lever 24 is pressed and when the start lever 24 is pressed.

<Sub control board>
The sub-control board 400 controls the liquid crystal display device 30, the speakers (31, 32), and each lamp (for example, the effect lamp 28). As shown in FIG. 6, the sub control board 400 includes a plurality of boards including an effect control board 410, an image control board 420, and a sound board 430. The sub-control board 400 includes various sensors including an effect button switch 26SW and a direction specifying switch 27SW, a housing lamp 5, an effect lamp 28, a stop operation order display lamp 29, and a lever effect lamp 42. Various lamps including them are electrically connected.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the volume control switch 44 is electrically connected to the sub control board 400. The volume adjustment switch 44 is used to adjust the master volume of the gaming machine 1. As the volume adjustment switch 44, for example, a dip switch is preferably employed. As described above, the master volume can also be adjusted by operating the direction designation button 27. That is, the master volume is adjusted by operating one of the direction designation button 27 and the volume adjustment switch 44.

  In the present embodiment, the master volume that can be adjusted is different between when the direction specifying button 27 is operated and when the volume adjustment switch 44 is operated. Specifically, when the direction designation button 27 is operated, the master volume can be adjusted to any of a numerical value “1” to a numerical value “5” (five levels). On the other hand, when the volume adjustment switch 44 is operated, the master volume can be adjusted to any one of the numerical value “1”, the numerical value “3”, and the numerical value “5” (three levels). The master volume that can be adjusted may be the same when the direction specifying button 27 is operated and when the volume adjustment switch 44 is operated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the effect control board 410 includes an I / F circuit 411, a sub CPU 412, a sub ROM 413, and a sub RAM 414. The effect control board 410 (sub CPU 412) controls various lamps including the housing lamp 5, the effect lamp 28, the stop operation order display lamp 29, and the lever effect lamp 42, and the sound board 430. The effect control board 410 gives a command to the image control board 420 to display each image on the liquid crystal display device 30.

  The sub ROM 413 stores a control program executed by the sub CPU 412 and various data. For example, an effect lottery table for determining the type of effect and lamp data indicating flashing patterns of various lamps are stored in the sub ROM 413.

  The sub RAM 414 functions as a work area for storing various data in a volatile manner. The I / F circuit 411 receives a command from the main control board 300 (I / F circuit 305). The command received by the I / F circuit 411 is supplied to the sub CPU 412. The command received by the I / F circuit 411 is, for example, a display winning combination command indicating the type of winning combination stopped on the active line.

  The sub CPU 412 executes a control program stored in the sub ROM 413, and controls various lamps (for example, the housing lamp 5) and the sound board 430 based on each data stored in the sub ROM 413. For example, the sub CPU 412 reads data indicating the blinking pattern of the housing lamp 5 from the sub ROM 413 and blinks the housing lamp 5. Further, the sub CPU 412 generates a random value R4 used in an effect control process to be described later. As the random value R4, for example, a random number in the range of 0 to 65535 is preferably employed. Note that the sub ROM 413 may be composed of a single electronic component or a plurality of electronic components (storage devices).

  The image control board 420 displays various images on the liquid crystal display device 30 in accordance with commands from the effect control board 410. As shown in FIG. 6, the image control board 420 includes an image control CPU 421, an image control ROM 422, a VDP (Video Display Processor) 423, a CGROM 424, and a VRAM 425.

  The image control CPU 421 executes a control program stored in the image control ROM 422 and gives an instruction according to a command from the effect control board 410 to the VDP 423. The CGROM 424 stores compressed and encoded image data (for example, texture data). The VDP 423 includes an image decoder and a drawing circuit (both not shown). When an instruction from the image control CPU 421 is input to the VDP 423, the image decoder reads image data from the CGROM 424 in accordance with the instruction. The image decoder decompresses (decodes) the read image data and stores it in the RAM 425. The drawing circuit displays various images on the liquid crystal display device 30 in accordance with the image data stored in the RAM 425. The RAM 425 stores various data generated by each process of the image control CPU 421. The RAM 425 is provided with a command storage area for storing sound control commands to be transmitted to the sound source IC 431.

  The sound board 430 is controlled by the image control CPU 421 to generate an acoustic signal. The acoustic signal generated by the sound board 430 is supplied to the speaker 31 and the speaker 32 and output as a sound wave. As shown in FIG. 6, the sound board 430 includes a sound source IC 431 and a sound source ROM 432. The image control CPU 421 controls the sound board 430 (sound source IC 431) in accordance with a command from the sub CPU 412.

  The sound source ROM 432 compresses and stores a plurality of sound data. Each sound data is data for reproducing various sounds including system sounds and effect sounds. For example, the system sound is played in response to a game operation that advances the game. Specifically, the system sound includes a medal insertion sound, a start sound that is reproduced when each reel 12 is started, a stop sound of each reel 12, and an error sound that notifies an abnormality of the gaming machine 1. Further, the effect sounds include background music of each game and sound effects of each effect (an additional sound effect described later). As will be described in detail later, each sound data includes sound data reproduced in stereo and sound data reproduced in monaural. For example, MDCT (Modified Discrete Cosine Transform) is suitable as the compression method of the sound data, but other compression methods may be employed. The sound source ROM 432 may store the sound data without compressing the sound data.

  The image control CPU 421 causes the sound source IC 431 to reproduce the system sound in response to the sound control command X from the sub CPU 412. The sound control command X includes a phrase number that specifies sound data. When receiving the sound control command X, the image control CPU 421 inputs a sound output request command Z to the sound source IC 431. The sound output request command Z instructs the reproduction of the system sound specified by the sound control command X.

  In addition to the sound control command X described above, an effect control command Y is input from the sub CPU 412 to the image control CPU 421. The effect control command Y includes information for specifying an effect (such as a later-described dialog effect) determined by the sub CPU 412. The image control CPU 421 determines an effect sound corresponding to the effect specified by the effect control command Y, and inputs a sound output request command Z for reproducing the effect sound to the sound source IC 431. When a sound output request command Z for reproducing each sound (system sound, effect sound) is input, the sound source IC 431 reproduces sound data corresponding to the sound output request command Z. Further, when each game operation (start operation, stop operation, BET operation) is performed, the main CPU 301 transmits a command (start operation command, stop operation command) that can specify the game operation to the sub CPU 412. The sub CPU 412 transmits an operation command indicating a game operation specified by the command from the main CPU 301 to the image control CPU 421. The image control CPU 421 may transmit a sound output request command Z for reproducing the effect sound in accordance with the game operation indicated by the operation command from the sub CPU 412. According to the above configuration, each sound of each effect is reproduced in response to a specific game operation. For example, a speech sound of a later-described speech production is reproduced in response to a stop operation. Note that the VDP 423 and the sound source IC 431 may be provided as separate devices (semiconductor devices), or a device having the function of the VDP 423 and the function of the sound source IC 431 may be provided.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining each function of the sound source IC 431. As shown in FIG. 7, the tone generator IC 431 includes an I / F circuit 450, a channel control unit 451, each decoding unit 452, each channel volume control unit 453, each mixer 454, an effect processing unit 455, and a DA conversion unit 456. Consists of. The I / F circuit 450 is used for transmitting / receiving data to / from each device (such as the effect control board 410). The sound source IC 431 includes a plurality of channels (ch0 to ch39), and can reproduce different sounds in parallel on each channel ch. When each sound is reproduced in parallel on each channel, a mixed sound of each sound is output from each speaker (31, 32). Each mixer 454 is provided for each speaker.

  When the I / F circuit 450 receives the sound output request command Z, the channel control unit 451 reads out the sound data specified by the sound output request command Z from the sound source ROM 432 and reads the sound data in any channel ch. Reproduce. When the sound output request command Z is received, the sound data is reproduced from the beginning (for example, the beginning of the music).

  The channel control unit 451 reproduces each sound on different channel ch when receiving the sound output request command Z instructing reproduction of the system sound and when receiving the sound output request command Z instructing reproduction of the production sound. To do. Also, different channel channels are used when a sound output request command Z for instructing reproduction of an error sound among system sounds is received and when a sound output request command Z for instructing reproduction of a system sound other than an error sound is received. Each sound is played back at. That is, the error sound, the system sound (other than the error sound), and the effect sound are reproduced on different channel channels.

  Specifically, the channel controller 451 reproduces the error sound from the channel ch0 to the channel ch2 (a total of three channel ch) among the channel ch. The error sound is a sound obtained by mixing a warning sound (for example, a siren sound) and a calling sound (for example, a sound of “please call an attendant”). The warning sound is reproduced in stereo on channel ch0 and channel ch1, and the ringing sound is reproduced in monaural on channel ch2. Hereinafter, a set of channels (ch0 to ch2) from which the error sound is reproduced is referred to as “first channel group GA”.

  The channel control unit 451 reproduces system sounds (excluding error sounds) from channel ch3 to channel ch15 (13 channel channels in total) of each channel ch. The system sound includes sound reproduced in stereo and sound reproduced in monaural. For example, when a sound output request command Z for reproducing a predetermined sound effect (such as a medal insertion sound) among system sounds is received, the channel control unit 451 uses the two channel channels to transmit the sound effect to stereo. Play with. On the other hand, for example, when a sound output request command Z for reproducing a predetermined sound out of system sounds is received, the channel control unit 451 reproduces the sound using one channel ch. Hereinafter, a set of channels (ch3 to ch15) from which system sounds other than error sounds are reproduced is referred to as “second channel group GB”.

  The channel control unit 451 reproduces the effect sound from the channel ch16 to the channel ch39 (24 channels in total) among the channel ch. The production sound includes sound reproduced in stereo and sound reproduced in monaural. For example, when the sound output request command Z for playing the background music is received among the effect sounds, the channel control unit 451 plays the background music in stereo using two channels ch. In addition, when a sound output request command Z that reproduces predetermined sound (such as speech sound) among the effect sounds is received, the channel control unit 451 reproduces the sound on one channel ch. Note that sound other than voice may be reproduced in monaural. Hereinafter, a set of channels (ch16 to ch39) from which the production sound is reproduced is referred to as “third channel group GC”.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a decoding unit (452-0 to 452-39) and a channel volume control unit (453-0 to 453-39) are provided for each channel. Each decoding unit 452 reads the sound data from the sound source ROM 432 and decompresses (decodes) the sound data. Each channel volume control unit 453 controls the volume of each channel ch. The volume of each channel ch is set according to the master volume or the like. In the present embodiment, the volume of each channel ch is referred to as “output volume”. The output volume of each channel ch is specified by the sound output request command Z. The acoustic signal output from each channel volume control unit 453 of each channel ch is supplied to each mixer 454 and mixed for each speaker (31L, 31R, 32L, 32R).

  The effect processing unit 455 performs processing for applying various sound effects to the sound signal mixed by the mixer 454. For example, the effect processing unit 455 executes an equalizer process for increasing or decreasing a specific frequency band of the acoustic signal. In addition, the effect processing unit 455 executes pan processing for moving the localization of the sound image. Note that the processing executed by the effect processing unit 455 is not limited to the above-described example. The acoustic signal from the effect processing unit 455 is converted into an analog signal by the DA conversion unit 456 and supplied to each speaker.

<Each data used by main CPU>
The description of each circuit of the gaming machine 1 is as described above. Hereinafter, various data stored in the main ROM 302 will be described with reference to the drawings. In the main ROM 302, the symbol code table shown in FIG. 8, the winning area lottery table shown in FIG. 9, the winning combination determination table shown in FIG. 10, the winning combination defining table shown in FIG. 11, the transition symbol defining table shown in FIG. Various data including an instruction determination table shown in FIG. 16, a spinning effect determination table shown in FIG. 18, and an AT determination table shown in FIG. 19 are stored.

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of the symbol code table. The symbol code table includes a symbol code that identifies each symbol of each reel 12. As understood from FIG. 8, each of the reels 12 includes “Red Seven”, “Black BAR”, “White BAR”, “Replay x”, “Replay y”, “Bell x”, “Bell y”, “Plum”, “Watermelon”, and “Cherry”. 10 types of symbols are arranged. As shown in FIG. 7, each symbol code corresponds to each symbol. Specifically, “Red Seven” corresponds to symbol code 01 “00000001”, “Black BAR” corresponds to symbol code 02 “00000010”, and “White BAR” corresponds to symbol code 03 “ “00000011”, “Replay x” corresponds to symbol code “00000100”, “Replay y” corresponds to symbol code 05 “00000101”, and “Bell x” corresponds to symbol code 06. “00000110” corresponds, “bell y” corresponds to symbol code “00000111” of symbol code 07, “plum” corresponds to symbol “00001000” of symbol code 08, and “watermelon” corresponds to symbol “00001001” of code 09 corresponds to “00001010” of symbol code 10 to “cherry”. The symbol code is used, for example, in a priority order storage process described later.

  FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of a winning area lottery table. The main CPU 301 determines a winning area by using a winning area lottery table and a random value R1 in an internal lottery process to be described later. As shown in FIG. 9, each winning area lottery table includes a plurality of winning areas and lottery values corresponding to the winning areas. FIG. 9 shows the names of the winning areas. The winning area lottery table is stored in the main ROM 302 for each set value (1 to 6). FIG. 9 illustrates a winning area lottery table that is referred to when the set value is “1”.

  Each winning area of the winning area lottery table designates each winning combination defined in the winning combination determining table shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, replay is simply abbreviated as “lip”. Similarly, in other figures, replay may be abbreviated as “lip”.

  For example, it is assumed that “batting order replay X1” of the winning area number “01” is determined by the internal lottery process. As shown in FIG. 10, the winning area number “01” designates the winning combination “normal replay” and the winning combination “RT2 transition replay”. That is, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X1” is won, a plurality of types of winning combinations are designated in duplicate. The combination of symbols of the winning combination designated in the winning area is permitted to stop on the active line.

  Each lottery value in the winning area lottery table is subtracted from the random value R1 in the internal lottery process. Specifically, in the internal lottery process, the main CPU 301 subtracts each lottery value corresponding to each winning area from the random value R1 in ascending order of the winning area (from “00” to “32”). In the internal lottery process, a winning area is determined in which the result of subtracting the lottery value from the random value R1 is a negative number. The probability of becoming a negative number when subtracted from the random number value R1 increases as the lottery value increases. Therefore, the winning area with the larger lottery value among the winning areas has a higher probability of winning.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the winning area lottery table includes lottery values for each RT state. Each RT state includes an RT0 state, an RT1 state, an RT2 state, and an RT3 state. Each RT state shifts when an RT transition symbol, which will be described later, is stopped and displayed on the active line. The main CPU 301 subtracts the lottery value corresponding to the RT state to the random value R1. Therefore, the probability that each winning area wins depends on the RT state.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 9, the winning area lottery table includes each lottery value in the bonus operating state. The bonus operating state is entered when the symbol combination relating to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line. When the bonus combination is won and the main line is not stopped and displayed on the active line, the main CPU 301 shifts to an internal state in which the state where the bonus combination is won is maintained. As understood from FIG. 9, in the internal middle state, the bonus combination and batting order replay (X, Y) are not won. In each game in the bonus operating state, the “small role ALL” with the winning area number “30” is won.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the game where the winning area “small role ALL” has been won, the upper bells 1 to 8 and the middle bell (hereinafter referred to as “bell role”), the single role A and the single role B (hereinafter “chance”). "Corner"), horn cherry, middle cherries (hereinafter referred to as "cherry") and watermelon are permitted to stop on the active line. However, the symbol combination related to the bell role is prioritized and displayed on the active line over the symbol combination related to the chance role, cherry role and watermelon role.

  The prescribed number of betting medals in the bonus operating state is three, and the bonus operating state ends when 297 medals are paid out. When the bonus operating state ends, the main CPU 301 shifts to the RT0 state.

  As understood from FIG. 9, the lottery values of the winning area numbers “01” to “11” (hereinafter referred to as “re-game winning area”) are different for each RT state. Specifically, in the RT0 state, as shown in FIG. 9, a lottery value “8978” is allocated to the winning area of “normal replay” in the replay winning area, and the lottery values in the other replay winning areas are numerical values. “0”. That is, in the RT0 state, “normal replay” is won in the replay winning area.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the RT1 state, a lottery value “748” is assigned to each winning area of “batting order replays X1 to X6” in the replay winning area, and a lottery value “8” is assigned to the winning area of “BAR replay”. ”Is assigned, the lottery value“ 4490 ”is assigned to the winning area of“ normal replay ”, and the lottery values of other replay winning areas are the numerical value“ 0 ”. That is, in the RT1 state, “batting order replays X1 to X6”, “normal replay”, and “BAR replay” are selected in the replay winning area. In addition, the probability that any one of the re-game winning areas is determined is 8986 (748 × 6 + 8 + 4490) / 65536.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the RT2 state, a lottery value “7670” is assigned to each winning area of “batting order replays Y1 to Y3” in the replay winning area, and a lottery value “23010” is assigned to the winning area of “normal replay”. ”Is assigned, and the lottery value in the other re-game winning area is a numerical value“ 0 ”. That is, in the RT2 state, “batting order replays Y1 to Y3” and “normal replay” are selected in the replay winning area. In addition, the probability that any one of the re-game winning areas is determined is 46020 (7670 × 3 + 23010) / 65536.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the RT3 state, the lottery value “46020” is allocated to the “ordinary replay” winning area in the replay winning area, and the lottery values in the other replay winning areas are the numerical value “0”. . That is, in the RT3 state, “normal replay” is won in the replay winning area. The probability that any winning area of the re-game winning area is determined is 46020/65536.

  As understood from the above description, the winning probabilities in the replay winning areas in the RT2 state and the RT3 state are higher than those in the replay winning areas in the RT0 state and the RT1 state. Further, as understood from FIG. 9, the lottery values of the winning area numbers “12” to “31” (hereinafter referred to as “winning winning area”) and the winning area number “32” are common in each RT state. That is, the winning probability in the winning winning area is equal in each RT state. Therefore, the RT2 state and the RT3 state are RT states that have a higher winning probability of winning combination and are advantageous to the player than the RT0 state and the RT1 state.

  FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of the winning combination rule table. The winning combination defining table defines combinations of symbols that are permitted to stop on the active line in the game won by each winning combination. For example, in a game in which the winning combination “middle bell” is won, the combination of symbols “bell-bell-bell” is permitted to stop on the active line.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the winning combination defining table includes the permission bit number of each winning combination and the number of medals to be paid out when the symbol combination related to each winning combination is stopped on the active line. FIG. 11 shows the payout number when the symbol combination related to each winning combination is stopped on the active line in the game state where the specified number is three. When a plurality of winning combinations are won, the winning combination with a larger payout number is preferentially stopped and displayed on the active line. Further, the replay is stopped and displayed on the active line in preference to other winning combinations, and the bonus combination has a lower priority than the other winning combinations.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the winning role “middle bell” “upper bell 1-8” “watermelon role” “horn cherry” “middle cherry” “single piece A” “one piece B” (the winning winning area is won) When the symbol combination relating to the winning combination designated by the game) is displayed on the active line, the payout number of medals corresponding to each winning combination is awarded to the player. In the present embodiment, a winning combination in which medals are paid out when displayed on the active line is referred to as a “winning winning combination”. Also, “RT3 transition replay”, “RT2 transition replay”, “control replays 1 to 3”, “BAR replay”, and “normal replay” (the winning combination designated by the game in which the replay winning area is won) are displayed on the active line. Then, the next game is set to replay. In the present embodiment, the winning combination in which the next game becomes a re-game when displayed on the active line is collectively referred to as replay.

  Each permission bit number in the winning combination defining table designates each display permission bit in the display permission bit storage area of the main RAM 303. The display permission bit storage area is configured to include a plurality of display permission bits, and each display permission bit corresponds to each winning combination. For example, when the striking order bell L1 of the winning area number “12” wins and each symbol combination of the winning combination “middle bell”, “upper bell 1” and “upper bell 4” is permitted to stop on the active line Is assumed (see FIG. 10). In the above case, each display permission bit specified by the permission bit numbers “8”, “9”, and “12” in the display permission bit storage area is set to “1”, and the others are set to “0”.

  The main RAM 303 stores a display combination storage area to be compared with the display permission bit storage area in the display determination process described later. The display combination storage area includes a plurality of displayable bits, and each displayable bit corresponds to each winning combination (similar to the display permission bit storage area). In addition, each displayable bit is set to “1” when there is a possibility that the symbol combination related to the winning combination corresponding to the displayable bit stops on the effective line, and the symbol combination related to the corresponding winning combination is effective. Set to “0” when there is no possibility of stopping on the line. For example, at the time when each reel 12 starts rotating, all the displayable bits are set to “1” because there is a possibility that all symbol combinations related to the winning combination will stop on the effective line. Each displayable bit in the display combination storage area is updated every time each reel 12 stops, and corresponds to the symbol combination related to the winning combination that actually stopped at the active line when all the reels 12 stopped. Only the displayable bit is “1”.

  The winning combination won in the internal lottery process stops on the active line according to the operation mode of each stop button 25 of the player. Specifically, each winning combination stops on the active line according to the stop operation position of each stop button 25 and the order of the stop operation. For example, a symbol located within the range of 4 frames from the stop operation position (5 frames including the stop operation position) (hereinafter referred to as “retraction range”) can be stopped on the effective line, and a symbol positioned outside the retraction range is Even the symbols that make up the winning combination are not stopped on the active line (so-called “missing” occurs). As described above, a plurality of types of winning combinations may be won in a single game. In a game in which a plurality of types of winning combinations are won, for example, the symbol combination related to the winning combination corresponding to the order of the stop operation stops on the active line.

  12 and 13 are explanatory diagrams of a correspondence relationship between the winning area, the stop operation order, and the winning combination (a combination of symbols stopped on the active line) that stops on the active line.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a winning combination (replay) that stops at the active line in each stop operation order in a game where the re-game winning area is won. As shown in FIG. 12, when any of the winning areas “batting order replays X1 to X6” is won, “normal replay” or “RT2 transition replay” stops on the active line according to the mode of the stop operation. Specifically, in a game in which the winning area “batting order replay X1” is won, a stop operation sequence in which the reel 12L performs the first stop operation, the reel 12C performs the second stop operation, and the reel 12R performs the third stop operation (hereinafter simply “ In the case of the “left middle right” stop operation sequence), the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X1” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than “left middle right”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line.

  As shown in FIG. 12, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X2” is won, when the stop operation is performed in the order of “left and right middle”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. The On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X2” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than “left and right middle”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. Further, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X3” is won, when the stop operation is performed in the order of “middle left and right”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X3” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than “middle left and right”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. Similarly, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X4” is won, when the stop operation is performed in the order of “middle right left”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay X4” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than “middle right left”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. In the game where the winning area “batting order replay X5” is won, if the stop operation is performed in the order of “middle right”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped on the active line and other than “middle right” When the stop operation is performed in order, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. In the game where the winning area “batting order replay X6” is won, when the stop operation is performed in the order of “right middle left”, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT2 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line, and “right middle left” When the stop operation is performed in a sequence other than the above, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when any of the winning areas “batting order replays Y1 to Y3” is won, the symbol combination related to “normal replay” or “RT3 transition replay” stops on the active line according to the mode of the stop operation. To do. Specifically, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay Y1” is won, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT3 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay Y1” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than the first left stop, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. In addition, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay Y2” is won, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT3 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay Y2” is won, when the stop operation is performed in an order other than the middle first stop, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. Similarly, in the game in which the winning area “batting order replay Y3” is won, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “RT3 transition replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line. On the other hand, in the game where the winning area “batting order replay Y3” is won, if the stop operation is performed in an order other than the first stop right, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed on the active line.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the BAR replay is won and the first stop is on the right, the symbol combination related to “BAR replay” or “normal replay” is stopped and displayed. Specifically, in the game where the BAR replay is won, in the case of the first right stop operation, the “replay x” or “replay y” symbol of the right reel 12R, the “replay x” symbol of the middle reel 12C, When the “cherry” symbol on the left reel 12L is stopped at the timing when it is within the pull-in range, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “BAR replay” is stopped and displayed. For example, in a game in which BAR replay is won, a “cherry” symbol at symbol position “10” on the left reel 12L, a “replay x” symbol at symbol position “15” on the middle reel 12C, and a symbol position “on” on the right reel 12R. The symbol combination of “18” and “Replay x” symbols (see FIG. 4) can be stopped and displayed on the active line. When the above symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the effective line, the symbol combination of “white BAR−white BAR−white BAR” is stopped and displayed on the upper line. That is, in the game where BAR replay is won, the symbol combination of “white BAR-white BAR-white BAR” is stopped and displayed according to the mode of the stop operation.

  On the other hand, in the game where the BAR replay is won and the right first stop operation is performed, and the reel 12R is not stopped at the timing when the “cherry” symbol is located within the pull-in range, the winning combination “ The symbol combination related to “normal replay” is stopped and displayed. In addition, when the left first stop operation or the middle first stop operation is performed in the game in which the extra replay is won, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed regardless of the stop operation position. When the winning area “normal replay” is won, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “normal replay” is stopped and displayed in any stop operation order.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a winning combination that stops at the active line in each stop operation order in a game in which the winning area “batting order bell” (L1 to L4, C1 to C4, R1 to R4) is won. When the winning area “batting order bell” is determined, either the winning combination “middle stage bell” or the winning combination “upper bells 1 to 8” is designated as the winning combination (see FIG. 10). As understood from FIG. 13, in the game where the winning area “batting order bell” is won, depending on the stop operation order, one of the symbol combinations related to the winning combination “middle bell” or the winning combination “upper bell” becomes an active line. Stop. In the present embodiment, the stop operation sequence in which the winning combination is stopped and displayed is referred to as the correct answer pressing order of the winning combination. When the batting order bell L (1-4) is won, the correct answer pressing order of the middle bell is the first stop on the left. Further, the correct pressing order of the middle bell when the batting order bell C (1-4) is won is the middle first stop, and the correct pressing order of the middle bell when the batting order bell R (1-4) is won, The first stop on the right. The hit order bell L, the hit order bell C, and the hit order bell R have the same win probability. Therefore, the left first stop, the middle first stop, and the right first stop are in the correct pressing order of the middle bells with the same probability.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell L1” is determined, in the case of the middle first stop operation, stop control is performed to draw the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” into the active line. The symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” is stopped and displayed on the active line at any stop operation position. On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25L, stop control is performed to draw the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 1” or “upper bell 4” into the active line.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell L2” is determined, in the case of the first left stop operation, stop control is performed to draw the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” into the active line. On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25L, stop control is performed to draw the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 2” or “upper bell 3” into the active line. Similarly, in the game where the winning area “batting order bell L3” is won, in the case of the first left stop operation, regardless of the stop operation position, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line, When a button other than the stop button 25L is operated first, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 5” or “upper bell 8” is stopped. In a game where the winning area “batting order bell L4” is won, in the case of the first stop operation on the left, regardless of the stop operation position, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line and stops first. When a button other than the button 25L is operated, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 6” or “upper bell 7” is stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell C1” is determined, in the case of the middle first stop operation, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” is stopped on the active line. On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25C, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 1” or “upper bell 6” stops. Further, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell C2” is determined, in the case of the middle first stop operation, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops at the active line at any stop operation position. . On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25C, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 2” or “upper bell 5” stops. Similarly, in a game where the winning area “batting order bell C3” is won, in the case of the middle first stop operation, regardless of the stop operation position, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line, When a button other than the stop button 25C is operated first, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 3” or “upper bell 8” is stopped. In the game where the winning area “batting order bell C4” is won, in the case of middle first stop operation, regardless of the stop operation position, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line and stops first. When a button other than the button 25C is operated, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 4” or “upper bell 7” is stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell R1” is determined, in the case of the first right stop operation, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” is stopped on the active line. On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25R, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 1” or “upper bell 7” stops. In the game in which the winning area “batting order bell R2” is determined, in the case of the first stop operation on the right, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” is stopped on the active line at any stop operation position. . On the other hand, when the first stop operation is performed except for the stop button 25R, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 2” or “upper bell 8” stops. Similarly, in the game in which the winning area “batting order bell R3” is won, in the case of the first stop operation on the right, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line regardless of the stop operation position. When a button other than the stop button 25R is operated first, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 3” or “upper bell 5” is stopped. In the game where the winning area “batting order bell R4” is won, in the case of the first stop operation on the right, regardless of the stop operation position, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “middle bell” stops on the active line and stops first. When a button other than the button 25R is operated, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bell 4” or “upper bell 6” stops. However, the symbol combination related to the winning combination “upper bells 1 to 8” may be missed depending on the stop operation position.

  As understood from the above explanation, in the game where the winning area “batting order bell” is won, the symbol combination related to “middle bell” (the number of payouts is 9) is effective when the stop operation is performed in the correct pressing order. Stop on line. On the other hand, when the stop operation is performed in a direction other than the correct answer pressing order, the losing eyes may stop at the active line. Therefore, when the game is played in the correct pressing order, it is advantageous for the player as compared to the case where the game is played out of the correct pressing order. As will be described in detail later, when the main CPU 301 is in the AT state, the correct answer pressing order of the middle bell is notified.

  As described above, the RT state includes the RT0 state to the RT3 state. In addition, the RT state shifts when the RT transition symbol is displayed on the active line. Specifically, when the RT1 transition symbol is displayed on the active line, the state shifts to the RT1 state. Similarly, when the RT2 transition symbol is displayed on the effective line, the state shifts to the RT2 state, and when the RT3 transition symbol is displayed, the state shifts to the RT3 state.

  FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of the RT transition symbol definition table. As understood from FIGS. 14 and 11, the RT3 transition symbol is a combination of symbols of RT3 transition replay. That is, when the symbol combination related to the RT3 transition replay is stopped and displayed on the active line, the right to replay is granted and the state transitions to the RT3 state. Similarly, when the symbol combination related to RT2 transition replay is stopped and displayed, the right to replay is granted and the state transitions to the RT2 state.

  The RT1 transition symbol is stopped and displayed when a winning combination (middle bell, upper bell) is missed in a game won by the winning area “batting order bell”. That is, when the stop operation is performed in a sequence other than the correct pressing order of the batting order bells and the stop operation is performed at a timing at which the selected upper bell cannot be withdrawn, the RT1 transition symbol is stopped and displayed on the active line. The RT1 transition symbol is not a symbol combination related to the winning combination.

  As will be described in detail later, when the main CPU 301 is in the AT state, a stop operation order in which the RT transition replay is stopped and displayed is notified. Further, when the main CPU 301 is in the AT state, the correct combination pressing order of the striking order bell is notified so that the symbol combination related to the middle bell can be stopped and the RT1 transition symbol is prevented from being stopped.

  The main CPU 301 controls the instruction display 16 according to each state including the AT state and the normal state. In the present embodiment, the AT state and the normal state may be collectively referred to as an instruction state.

  In each game in the AT state, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information for instructing the stop operation order. In the present embodiment, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information for instructing a stop operation sequence advantageous to the player in the AT state. On the other hand, in the normal state, a stop operation order that is advantageous to the player is not instructed. Therefore, the AT state is an instruction state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal state.

  The normal state includes three types of instruction states: a non-predictor state, a first precursor state, and a second precursor state. The AT state includes three types of instruction states: a start preparation state, a bonus notification state, and an in-AT state. The main CPU 301 transitions to the above six types of instruction states. An instruction state flag indicating the current instruction state is stored in the main RAM 303, and the main CPU 301 transmits an instruction state command indicating the instruction state flag to the sub CPU 412 in each game. The sub CPU 412 determines the effect according to the instruction state indicated by the instruction state command.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the transition of the instruction state. As shown in FIG. 15, the instruction state shifts with a specific trigger. For example, when the AT state is won in the non-predictive state, the state shifts to the first predictive state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the AT state is appropriate in each game through AT determination processing. When the main CPU 301 wins the AT state in the non-predictive state, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag from the non-predictive state to the first predictive state. Further, when the main CPU 301 wins the AT state in the non-predictive state, the main CPU 301 sets an initial value in the first predictive counter. The first precursor counter indicates the number of games played from the normal state to the AT state, and is provided in the main RAM 303, for example. As the initial value of the first precursor counter, any one of numerical values “0” to “32” is determined by lottery. The main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the first precursor counter in each game in the first precursor state, and when the first precursor counter is subtracted to the numerical value “0”, the instruction state is the AT state (start preparation state). Migrate to When the AT state is won in the normal state, the main CPU 301 stores an initial value “50” in the AT counter indicating the remaining number of games in the AT state. The AT counter is provided in the main RAM 303, for example.

  In the above configuration, when the initial value of the first predictor counter is a numerical value “1” to “32”, the AT state is entered through the first predictor state of 1 to 32 games after winning the AT state. Transition. If the initial value of the first precursor counter is a numerical value “0”, the next game won in the AT state will be in the AT state.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the main CPU 301 wins a bonus combination in the internal lottery process in the non-predictive state (when transitioning to the internal middle state), the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state to the second predictive state. Specifically, when the main CPU 301 wins the bonus combination in the non-predictive state, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag from the non-predictive state to the second predictive state. When the main CPU 301 wins the bonus combination, the main CPU 301 sets an initial value in the second precursor counter. The second precursor counter indicates the number of games until the state shifts to the AT state (bonus notification state), and the initial value of the second precursor counter is determined by lottery from among numerical values “0” to “5”. The main CPU 301 subtracts a numerical value “1” from the second precursor counter in each game in the second precursor state, and when the second precursor counter is subtracted to a numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state to the AT state. In addition, when the bonus combination stops on the active line in the second precursor state (the game before the transition to the bonus notification state), the second precursor state ends, and thereafter, the bonus notification state does not enter.

  As described above, when the AT state is won in the non-predictive state, the state shifts to the AT state through the first predictive state. When a bonus combination is won in a non-predictive state, the state shifts to the AT state via the second predictive state. In the present embodiment, the first precursor state and the second precursor state may be collectively referred to as “predictor state”. In each game in the precursor state, various effects are easily performed as compared with each game in the non-predictor state. With the above configuration, when the performance frequently occurs, it is possible to increase the player's expectation for winning the AT state or bonus combination. Even if the AT state and the bonus combination are not won, it may be configured to shift to a harsh precursor state in which the production is more likely to be performed than the non-predictor state at a specific opportunity (for example, a rare role winning). Good.

  The start preparation state shifts when the first precursor state ends. In other words, the start preparation state shifts when the AT state is won in the normal state (non-predictive state). In the start preparation state, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information for instructing the correct answer pressing order of the RT2 transition replay. In the above configuration, when the stop operation is performed in the order indicated by the instruction information in the start preparation state, the RT2 transition replay is stopped and displayed on the active line, and the RT state shifts to the RT2 state. Further, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information for instructing the correct pressing order of the middle bell in the start preparation state after the transition to the RT2 state. In the above configuration, when the stop operation is performed in the order indicated by the instruction information in the start preparation state, the RT1 transition symbol is not stopped and displayed on the active line (the middle bell is not dropped), so the RT2 state is changed to the RT1 state. Do not shift to (fall). Further, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information for instructing the correct pressing order of the RT3 transition replay in the start preparation state after transitioning to the RT2 state. In the above configuration, when the stop operation is performed in the order indicated by the instruction information in the start preparation state, the RT3 transition replay is stopped and displayed on the active line, and the RT state shifts to the RT3 state. When the RT state shifts to the RT3 state, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state from the start preparation state to the AT state. Note that the AT counter indicating the number of remaining games in the AT state is not subtracted in the start preparation state.

  In the AT state, the main CPU 301 indicates the instruction information for instructing the correct pressing order of the middle bell, the instruction information for instructing the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay, and the correct pressing order of the RT3 transition replay in the start preparation state. The instruction display 16 displays the instruction information to be displayed. Further, the main CPU 301 subtracts a numerical value “1” from the AT counter in each game in the AT state. The AT state is in principle the RT3 state. Therefore, since the batting order replay X and the batting order replay Y are not won (see FIG. 9), the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay and the RT3 transition replay is not normally indicated in the AT state. However, in a game in the AT state in which the batting order bell is won and the stop operation is performed outside the specified order (when an operation error is made), the RT1 transition symbol stops on the active line and changes from the RT3 state to the RT1 state. May migrate. Even in the above case, since the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay and the RT3 transition replay is instructed in the AT state, it is possible to return from the RT1 state to the RT3 state by following the instruction of the instruction information.

  The main CPU 301 executes AT determination processing in the AT state and the start preparation state, as in the normal state. When the AT state is won in the AT state and the start preparation state, the main CPU 301 adds an AT stock counter (adds the number of sets). In the AT state, it may be determined by lottery whether or not to add an AT counter (addition of the remaining number of games).

  When the AT counter indicating the remaining number of games in the AT state is decremented to a numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state from the AT state to the normal state (non-predictor state or first precursor state). Specifically, when the AT counter is subtracted to a numerical value “0” and the AT stock counter is a numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state to a non-predictive state. On the other hand, when the AT counter is subtracted to the numerical value “0” and the AT stock counter is larger than the numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state to the first precursor state. In the case of transition to the first precursor state after the end of the AT state, the state transitions again to the AT state (start preparation state) after the end of the first precursor state. When the AT stock counter is greater than the numerical value “0” at the end of the AT state, the AT state may be continued without going through the first precursor state.

  The bonus notification state shifts when the second precursor state is completed. That is, the bonus notification state shifts when the bonus combination is won and the state is shifted to the internal medium state. As described above, the internal middle state is more disadvantageous for the player than other gaming states (for example, the RT1 state) in that the bonus combination is not won. Therefore, the smaller the number of games played until the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line after the transition to the internal middle state, the more advantageous for the player. However, for example, a player (beginner), who is not good at pushing, may need a lot of games before the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line. In consideration of the above circumstances, the present embodiment is configured to notify the correct pressing order of the middle bells in the bonus notification state (internal middle state). According to the above configuration, the disadvantage in the internal middle state of the player who is not good at pressing is suppressed.

  When the bonus operating state starts, the bonus notification state ends. Further, when the bonus operating state is ended, the state shifts (returns) to the instruction state in the game in which the bonus combination is won. For example, when a bonus combination is won in the normal state, the state shifts to the normal state after the bonus operation state ends. When the bonus combination is won in the AT state, the state shifts to the AT state (start preparation state) after the bonus operation state ends. Note that the types of instruction states are not limited to the instruction states illustrated in FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of each instruction determination table (A, B). In each game, the main CPU 301 determines an instruction number from the instruction determination table, and displays instruction information (“1” to “9”) corresponding to the instruction number on the instruction display 16. Further, the main CPU 301 transmits a command (second command described later) indicating an instruction number determined in each game to the sub control board 400 (sub CPU 412).

  Each instruction determination table includes an instruction determination table A (FIG. 16A) and an instruction determination table B (FIG. 16B). The instruction determination table A is used to determine the instruction number of each game in the normal state. The instruction determination table B is used to determine the instruction number of each game in the start preparation state and the AT state. The instruction determination table B is also used in the bonus notification state. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 16, each instruction determination table is configured to include each instruction number for each winning area.

  As shown in FIG. 16A, the instruction number “99” is determined regardless of which winning area is won in the normal state. When the instruction number “99” is determined, the instruction display 16 does not display the instruction information. Specifically, when the instruction number “99” is determined, the instruction display 16 is turned off during the period for displaying the instruction information. According to the above configuration, the stop operation mode is not instructed by the instruction display 16 in the normal state.

  As shown in FIG. 16B, in the game in the start preparation state or in the AT state, when the batting order replay X1 is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “01”. When the instruction number “01” is determined, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display a number “1” (hereinafter referred to as “instruction information“ 1 ””) as instruction information. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16B, when the batting order replay X2 is won in each game in the start preparation state or in the AT state, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “02”. When the instruction number “02” is determined, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “2”. When the batting order replay X3 is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “03” and causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “3”. When the batting order replay X4 is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “04” and causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “4”. When the batting order replay X5 is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “05” and causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “5”. When the batting order replay X6 is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “06” and causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “6”.

  In the above configuration, when the instruction information “1” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player can recognize that the batting order replay X1 has been won in the current game. Therefore, when the instruction information “1” is displayed, the player performs a stop operation in the correct pressing order “left middle right” of the RT2 transition replay when the batting order replay X1 is won. In other words, when the instruction information “1” is displayed on the instruction display 16, it is also said that the stop operation order “left middle right” is instructed. Further, when the instruction information “2” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player can recognize that the batting order replay X2 has been won in the current game. Stop operation in the right / left middle order of replay. In other words, when the instruction information “2” is displayed on the instruction display 16, it is also said that the stop operation order “left / right middle” is instructed. Similarly, when the instruction information “3” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the stop operation order “middle left and right” is instructed, and when the instruction information “4” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the stop operation order “ When “middle right and left” is instructed and the instruction information “5” is displayed on the instruction display 16, when the stop operation order “right and left middle” is instructed and the instruction information “6” is displayed on the instruction display 16, The stop operation order “right middle left” is instructed. In the above configuration, it can be said that the instruction information corresponding to the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay is displayed on the instruction display 16.

  As shown in FIG. 16 (b), when the batting order replay Y1 or batting order bell L (1-4) is won in each game in the start preparation state or the AT state, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “07”. To do. When the instruction number “07” is determined, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “7”. Further, in each game in the start preparation state or the AT state, when the batting order replay Y2 or the batting order bell C (1 to 4) is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “08”. When the instruction number “08” is determined, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “8”. Further, in each game in the start preparation state or the AT state, when the batting order replay Y3 or the batting order bell R (1 to 4) is won, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “09”. When the instruction number “09” is determined, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display the instruction information “9”.

  In the above configuration, when the instruction information “7” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player can recognize that the batting order replay Y1 or the batting order bell L is won in the current game. As described above, the correct push order of the RT3 transition replay when the batting order replay Y1 is won and the correct push order of the middle bell when the batting order bell L is won are the first left stop in common. Therefore, when the instruction information “7” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player performs a stop operation at the first left stop in order to stop and display the middle bell or the RT3 transition replay on the active line. In other words, when the instruction information “7” is displayed on the instruction display 16, it is also said that the first left stop is instructed. When the instruction information “8” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player can recognize that the batting order replay Y2 or the batting order bell C has been won in the current game. As described above, the correct push order of the RT3 transition replay when the batting order replay Y2 is won and the correct push order of the middle bell when the batting order bell C is won are the middle first stop. Therefore, when the instruction information “8” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player performs a stop operation at the middle first stop. In other words, when the instruction information “8” is displayed on the instruction display 16, it is also said that the middle first stop is instructed. Further, when the instruction information “9” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player can recognize that the batting order replay Y3 or the batting order bell R has been won in the current game. As described above, the correct push order of the RT3 transition replay when the batting order replay Y3 is won and the correct push order of the middle bell when the batting order bell R is won are the first right stop. Therefore, when the instruction information “9” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the player performs a stop operation at the first right stop. That is, it is also said that when the instruction information “9” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the first right stop is instructed. In the above configuration, it can be said that the instruction information corresponding to the correct answer pressing order of the RT3 transition replay and the correct answer pressing order of the middle bell is displayed on the instruction display 16. In the start preparation state or in the AT state, when a player other than the batting order replay or batting order bell wins, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “99” and the instruction display 16 does not display the instruction information.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining each command (first command, second command) transmitted from the main CPU 301 to the sub CPU 412. The main CPU 301 transmits various commands including the first command and the second command to the sub CPU 412 during a period from the time when the game is started until the time when the stop operation becomes possible.

  As illustrated in FIG. 17, the main CPU 301 transmits the first commands “A00” to “A13” to the sub CPU 412 according to the winning area. For example, when the winning area of this game is lost, the main CPU 301 transmits a command “A00” to the sub CPU 412. Further, the main CPU 301 transmits the command “A01” when the batting order replay (X1 to X6, Y1 to Y3) is won, and transmits the command “A02” when the BAR replay is won, and the normal replay is won. In this case, the command “A03” is transmitted. Similarly, when the batting order bell (L1 to L4, C1 to C4, R1 to R4) is elected, the main CPU 301 transmits the command “A04”, and when the common bell is elected, the command “A05” is transmitted. When the watermelon is won, the command “A06” is sent. When the weak cherry is won, the command “A07” is sent. When the strong cherry is won, the command “A08” is sent, and the weak chance is won. In this case, the command “A09” is transmitted, the command “A10” is transmitted when the strong chance is won, the command “A11” is transmitted when the small role ALL is won, and the command is received when the duplicate bonus is won. When “A12” is transmitted and the single bonus is won, the command “A13” is transmitted.

  When the sub CPU 412 receives the above first command, the sub CPU 412 determines various effects according to the first command. For example, when the command “A06” is received when the watermelon is won, the sub CPU 412 determines the effect of notifying that the watermelon has been won.

  In addition to the first command, the main CPU 301 transmits a second command (B01 to B12, B99) corresponding to the instruction number (instruction information) of the current game to the sub CPU 412. Specifically, when the instruction number “99” (no instruction) is determined in the current game, the main CPU 301 transmits a command “B99” to the sub CPU 412 as shown in FIG. As described above, the instruction number “99” is determined in each game in the normal state. Therefore, in the normal state, the command “B99” is transmitted every game. The instruction number “99” is determined when a winning area (such as a loser) other than the batting order replay (X, Y) and batting order bell (L, C, R) is won in the AT state or the start preparation state. .

  As shown in FIG. 17, the main CPU 301 transmits the command “B01” when the batting order replay X1 is won and the instruction number “01” (the order of the left middle right) is determined in the AT state or the start preparation state. To do. Further, the main CPU 301 transmits the command “B02” when the batting order replay X2 is elected in the AT state or the start preparation state and determines the instruction number “02” (the order in the left and right), and the batting order replay X3 When winning and determining the instruction number “03” (middle left and right order), the command “B03” is transmitted, and the batting order replay X4 is won and the instruction number “04” (middle right and left order) is determined. When the command “B04” is transmitted and the batting order replay X5 is won and the instruction number “05” (order in the middle left and right) is determined, the command “B05” is transmitted, the batting order replay X6 is won and the instruction number “06” "(Order of middle right and left) is determined, the command" B06 "is transmitted. Further, when the batting order replay Y1 or the batting order bell L (1 to 4) wins and the instruction number “07” (first left stop) is determined in the AT state or the start preparation state, the main CPU 301 determines that the command “B07 Is transmitted to the sub CPU 412. Similarly, when the batting order replay Y2 or batting order bell C (1 to 4) wins and the instruction number “08” (medium first stop) is determined in the AT state or the start preparation state, the main CPU 301 determines that the command “ B08 "is transmitted, and when the batting order replay Y3 or batting order bell R (1 to 4) is won and the instruction number" 09 "(first right stop) is determined, the command" B09 "is transmitted.

  When the above-described second command is received by the sub CPU 412, the sub CPU 412 determines an instruction effect instructing the stop operation sequence of the instruction number specified by the second command. As described above, the second command transmitted in the normal state is only the command “B99” (no instruction). Therefore, in principle, the instruction effect is not executed in principle. However, it may be configured such that an effect that instructs a stop operation sequence that does not affect the appearance rate (small influence) is executed. For example, it is good also as a structure by which the effect instruct | indicated the correct answer pushing order of BAR replay is performed in a normal state.

   FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram of each spinning effect determination table (A, B). The main CPU 301 determines whether or not to execute each rotation effect in the rotation effect determination process. In the spinning effect, the main CPU 301 changes each reel 12 in a predetermined manner. Each rotator effect includes a rotator effect A, a rotator effect B, a rotator effect C, and a rotator effect D, and the mode of each reel 12 is different for each rotator effect. In addition, the aspect of each reel 12 in each turning effect can be changed as appropriate.

  The main CPU 301 determines the rotation effect using the rotation effect determination table A in each game in the normal state. Further, the main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect using the spinning effect determination table B in each game in the AT state and the start preparation state.

  As shown in FIG. 18, each turn effect determination table includes each lottery value for each winning area. In addition, each lottery value includes a lottery value of “no effect”, a lottery value of the rotating effect A, a lottery value of the rotating effect B, a lottery value of the rotating effect C, and a lottery value of the rotating effect D Yes. Each lottery value is determined in the order of “no effect” to the rotation effect D in the process of determining the rotation effect (order of no effect → rotation effect A → rotation effect B → rotation effect C → rotation effect D). It is subtracted from the random value R2 (0 to 255). The main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect of the lottery value in which the subtraction result is a negative number. For example, it is assumed that a weak rare combination is won and the random value R2 is a numerical value “200” in the normal state. When the weak rare combination is won in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 18, the lottery value “228” of “no effect” is subtracted from the random value R2. Since the result (200-228 = −28) obtained by subtracting the lottery value of the weak rare role from the random value R2 is a negative number, the main CPU 301 determines not to execute the spinning effect in the current game. Also, for example, assume that a weak rare combination is won and the random value R2 is a numerical value “230” in a normal state. In the above case, the result of subtracting the “no effect” lottery value from the random value R2 (230−228 = 2) does not become a negative number, and thereafter the lottery value “4” of the spinning effect A is subtracted from the subtraction result. If it does, it becomes negative. Therefore, the main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect A.

  The main CPU 301 transmits an effect type command indicating the spinning effect determined in each game to the sub CPU 412. The effect type command is transmitted during a period from the time point of the game start operation to the time point when the stop operation becomes possible, like the first command and the second command described above. In addition, the transmission time of the production type command can be changed as appropriate.

  FIG. 19 is a conceptual diagram of an AT determination table. The AT determination table includes each lottery value for each winning area. In addition, each lottery value in each winning area is provided according to the spinning effect, and includes a “winning” lottery value and a “non-winning” lottery value. In the AT determination process for each game, the main CPU 301 subtracts the lottery value corresponding to the winning area and the spinning effect to the random value R3. When the result of subtracting the “winning” lottery value from the random number value R3 becomes a negative number, the main CPU 301 determines the transition to the AT state. According to the above configuration, whether or not to shift to the AT state is determined with a probability corresponding to the winning area and the spinning effect. For example, it is assumed that the batting order bell is won in this game and it is determined not to execute the spinning effect. In the above case, since the lottery value of “winning” is the numerical value “0”, the AT state is not won. On the other hand, it is assumed that the batting order bell is won in this game and the spinning effect A is determined. In the above case, since the lottery value of “winning” is the numerical value “3276”, if the random value R3 is in any of the range “0-3275”, the winning state is won. Further, it is assumed that the batting order bell is won in this game, and the spinning effect B or the spinning effect C is determined. In the above case, since the lottery value of “winning” is the numerical value “6553”, the AT state is won with a higher probability than when the spinning effect A is won in the game in which the batting order bell is won. In FIG. 19, the lottery values for the weak rare combination and the strong rare combination are omitted.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, the “winning” lottery value when the BAR replay is won is a numerical value “65536”, and the “non-winning” lottery value is a numerical value “0”. In other words, when the BAR replay is won, the AT state is always won. As shown in FIG. 19, the lottery value is “0” when the winning area is other than the batting order bell, common bell, weak rare combination, and strong rare combination (losing, batting order replay, normal replay, bonus). In the example of FIG. 19, when the BAR replay is won, the AT is always won, but when the BAR replay is won, the AT state may not be won. In addition, when winning areas other than batting order bells, common bells, weak rare roles, and strong rare roles are won, the AT state may be won. Furthermore, in the example shown in FIG. 19, the lottery value for the weak rare role (watermelon, weak cherry, weak chance) is shared, but the watermelon lottery value, the weak cherry lottery value, and the weak chance lottery value are They may be provided separately and different from each other. Similarly, a lottery value for strong cherry and a lottery value for strong chance may be provided separately to be different from each other. Also, a plurality of AT determination tables may be provided. For example, an AT determination table used in the normal state and an AT determination table used in the AT state may be provided.

  The main RAM 303 stores a display permission bit storage area indicating a combination of symbols permitted to stop on the active line, a display setting value storage area for storing a numerical value displayed on the setting display unit 36, and a setting value. A set value storage area, a random value R1 storage area in which the random value R1 is stored, a random value R2 storage area in which the random value R2 is stored, a random value R3 storage area in which the random value R3 is stored, and transmitted to the sub-control board 400 A command storage area for storing commands to be executed, a lamp-related data storage area for storing data indicating display modes of various lamps, a winning area storage area for storing a winning area, and the number of stop buttons 25 that are not stopped. A storage area including a non-stop operation counter and a stop order storage area for storing the operation order of each stop button 25 is provided.

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Hereinafter, various data stored in the sub ROM 413 will be described with reference to the drawings. The sub ROM 413 stores various data including the instruction effect determination table shown in FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a conceptual diagram of the instruction effect determination table. When receiving the second command indicating the instruction number (instruction information), the sub CPU 412 determines one of the instruction effects (A, B, C) from the instruction effect determination table. When the instruction effect is determined, the sub CPU 412 transmits an effect control command indicating the instruction effect to the image control board (image control CPU 421) 420. When receiving the effect control command indicating the instruction effect, the image control CPU 421 displays each image of the instruction effect on the liquid crystal display device 30. In the present embodiment, when the sub control board (sub CPU 412) 400 receives the second command, the sub CPU 412 always notifies the stop operation mode (stop operation order) corresponding to the second command.

  FIG. 20 is a conceptual diagram of the instruction effect determination table. When the sub CPU 412 receives any of the commands “B01” to “B09” as the second command, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect based on the instruction effect determination table. As described above, the commands “B01” to “B09” are transmitted by the main CPU 301 in the AT state and are not transmitted in the normal state. That is, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect by the instruction effect determination table in the game in which the main CPU 301 is in the AT state.

  As shown in FIG. 20, when the command “A01” (batting order replay) is received, the sub CPU 412 determines one of the instruction effects A (1 to 6) or each instruction effect B (1 to 3). Specifically, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect A1 when the command “A01” is received as the first command and the command “B01” is received as the second command. Also, the sub CPU 412 receives the command “A01” as the first command, receives the command “B02” as the second command, determines the instruction effect A2, and receives the command “B03” When the instruction effect A3 is determined and the command “B04” is received, the instruction effect A4 is determined. When the command “B05” is received, the instruction effect A5 is determined and when the command “B06” is received, the instruction The production A6 is determined.

  In the above configuration, when the batting order replay X is won and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “01”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “1” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 instructs The production A1 is determined. When the batting order replay X is won and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “02”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “2” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 displays the instruction effect A2. It is determined. Similarly, when the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “03”, the main CPU 301 displays instruction information “3” on the instruction display 16, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect A 3, and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “04”. "" Is displayed on the instruction display 16 by the main CPU 301, the instruction effect A4 is determined by the sub CPU 412, and when the instruction number "05" is determined by the main CPU 301, the instruction is given by the main CPU 301. When the information “5” is displayed on the instruction display 16, the instruction effect A5 is determined by the sub CPU 412, and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “06”, the instruction information “6” is displayed on the instruction display 16 by the main CPU 301. The instruction effect A6 is determined by the sub CPU 412.

  In the instruction effect A1 of the present embodiment, the stop operation order “left middle right” is instructed. That is, the stop operation order indicated by the instruction information “1” is also indicated in the instruction effect A1. Further, in the instruction effect A2, the stop operation order “middle left and right” instructed by the instruction information “2” is instructed, and in the instruction effect A3, the stop operation order “middle left and right” instructed by the instruction information “3” is instructed. In the instruction effect A4, the stop operation order “middle right / left” instructed by the instruction information “4” is instructed, and in the instruction effect A5, the stop operation order “middle right / left” instructed by the instruction information “5” is instructed. In the instruction effect A6, the stop operation order “right middle left” indicated by the instruction information “6” is instructed. As described above, the instruction information displayed when the batting order replay X is won indicates the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay. Therefore, in each instruction effect A (1-6), the correct answer pressing order of RT2 transition replay is instructed. As described above, in this embodiment, the correct pressing order of the RT2 transition replay is instructed by both the instruction information of the instruction display 16 and the instruction effect A of the liquid crystal display device 30.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 20, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect B1 when the command “A01” is received as the first command and the command “B07” is received as the second command. Further, the sub CPU 412 receives the command “A01” as the first command, receives the command “B08” as the second command, determines the instruction effect B2, and receives the command “B09” The instruction effect B3 is determined.

  In the above configuration, when the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “07”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “7” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect B1. When the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “08”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “8” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect B2. Similarly, when the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “09”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “9” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect B3.

  In the instruction effect B1 of the present embodiment, the first left stop is instructed. That is, the stop operation order instructed by the instruction information “7” is also instructed in the instruction effect B1. Further, in the instruction effect B2, the middle first stop instructed by the instruction information “8” is instructed, and in the instruction effect B3, the first right stop instructed by the instruction information “9” is instructed. As described above, the instruction information displayed when the batting order replay Y is won indicates the correct pressing order of the RT3 transition replay. Therefore, in each instruction effect B (1-3), the correct answer pressing order of RT3 transition replay is instructed. As described above, in this embodiment, the correct pressing order of the RT3 transition replay is instructed by both the instruction information of the instruction display 16 and the instruction effect B of the liquid crystal display device 30.

  As shown in FIG. 20, when the command “A04” (batting order bell) is received, the sub CPU 412 determines one of the instruction effects C (1 to 3). Specifically, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect C1 when the command “A04” is received as the first command and the command “B07” is received as the second command. The sub CPU 412 receives the command “A04” as the first command, receives the command “B08” as the second command, determines the instruction effect C2, and receives the command “B09”. The instruction effect C3 is determined.

  In the above configuration, when the batting order bell is won and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “07”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “7” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 displays the instruction effect. C1 is determined. If the batting order bell is won and the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “08”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “8” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect C2. Is done. Similarly, when the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “09”, the main CPU 301 displays the instruction information “9” on the instruction display 16 and the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effect C3.

  In the instruction effect C1 of the present embodiment, the first left stop is instructed. That is, the stop operation order indicated by the instruction information “7” is also indicated in the instruction effect C1. Further, in the instruction effect C2, the first middle stop is instructed by the instruction information “8”, and in the instruction effect C3, the first right stop instructed by the instruction information “9” is instructed. As described above, the instruction information displayed when the batting order bell is won indicates the correct pressing order of the middle bell. Therefore, in each instruction effect C (1-3), the correct pressing order of the batting order bell is instructed. As described above, in this embodiment, the correct pressing order of the middle bell is instructed by both the instruction information on the instruction display 16 and the instruction effect C on the liquid crystal display device 30.

  As described above, the sub CPU 412 determines the instruction effects (A to C) using the instruction effect determination table (FIG. 20) in each game. Further, the sub CPU 412 determines the effect of each game using the effect lottery table. Each effect determined using the effect lottery table includes, for example, a replay navigation effect that informs the winner of the replay and a later-described speech effect.

  In this embodiment, a plurality of effect lottery tables are provided, and the sub CPU 412 determines an effect using the effect lottery table corresponding to the instruction state. In the above configuration, the effect determined in the effect lottery table is determined according to the instruction state. Although detailed description is omitted, the type of effect determined by a specific effect lottery table may be different from the type of effect determined by another effect lottery table. Further, even when a common effect is determined when a specific effect lottery table is used and when another effect lottery table is used, the probability that the effect is determined is determined in the effect lottery table. There may be differences.

  Further, as described above, the instruction effect is determined when the instruction state is the AT state, and is not determined when the instruction state is the normal state. That is, it can be said that the instruction effect is determined according to the instruction state, similarly to the effect determined in the effect lottery table. As can be understood from the above description, the sub CPU 412 determines various effects including a line effect and an instruction effect according to the instruction state of the main CPU 301. However, the sub CPU 412 may determine the effect regardless of the instruction state of the main CPU 301.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining the probability that each line effect (X1 to X4, Y1 to Y4) is determined in each game. The probability that the sub CPU 412 determines each line effect depends on the instruction state of the main CPU 301. Specifically, the probability that the sub CPU 412 determines each line effect differs between the case where the instruction state is the non-predictor state and the case where the predecessor state.

  Each line production includes each line production X (1 to 4) and each line production Y (1 to 4). In each line effect, a predetermined sound effect (a sound effect to be described later) is reproduced in common at the start of the game, and then a predetermined sound (line sound) is reproduced at a predetermined opportunity. Specifically, in the speech production X1, the speech audio A1 is reproduced with the first stop operation as a trigger. Also, in the speech effect X2, the speech sound A2 is played in response to the first stop operation, in the speech effect X3, the speech sound A3 is played in response to the first stop operation, and in the speech effect X4, the first stop is performed. When the operation is performed, the speech voice A4 is reproduced. That is, in each line effect X (1 to 4), different line sounds are reproduced in response to the first stop operation. Hereinafter, the speech sound whose reproduction is started by the first stop operation may be collectively referred to as “speech sound A”.

  On the other hand, in each line effect Y (1 to 4), different line sounds are reproduced in response to the third stop operation. Specifically, in the speech production Y1, the speech sound B1 is reproduced with the third stop operation as a trigger. Also, in the speech production Y2, the speech sound B2 is played in response to the third stop operation, in the speech production Y3, the speech sound B3 is played in response to the third stop operation, and in the speech production Y4, the third stop is performed. When the operation is performed, the speech sound B4 is reproduced. Hereinafter, the speech sound that starts to be played in response to the third stop operation may be collectively referred to as “speech speech B”. In the present embodiment, the probability that any one of the line effects is determined in the first precursor state and the second precursor state is common, but may be different from each other. Also, the type of line production is not limited to the above example.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the speech effect X1 is determined with the probability Pwa in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined with the probability Pza in each game in the predecessor state. The probability Pza is larger than the probability Pwa (Pza> Pwa). In addition, the line effect X2 is determined by the probability Pwb in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined by the probability Pzb in each game in the predictive state. The probability Pzb is larger than the probability Pwb (Pzb> Pwb). The serif effect X3 is determined by the probability Pwc in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined by the probability Pzc in each game in the predictive state. The probability Pzc is larger than the probability Pwc (Pzc> Pwc). The serif effect X4 is determined with the probability Pwd in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined with the probability Pzd in each game in the prelude state. The probability Pzd is larger than the probability Pwd (Pzd> Pwd). That is, each of the speech effects X (1 to 4) is more easily determined in the precursor state than in the non-predictor state. In the above configuration, the probability Pxz (the sum of the determination probabilities of each speech effect X in the precursor state) that any of the speech effects X is determined in the precursor state is any of the speech effects X in the non-predictor state. It becomes higher than the probability Pxw to be determined.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the speech effect Y1 is determined by the probability Pwe in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined by the probability Pze in each game in the prelude state. The probability Pze is larger than the probability Pwe (Pze> Pwe). The line effect Y2 is determined by the probability Pwf in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined by the probability Pzf in each game in the predictive state. The probability Pzf is larger than the probability Pwf (Pzf> Pwf). The serif effect Y3 is determined by the probability Pwg in each game in the non-predictive state, and is determined by the probability Pzg in each game in the predictive state. The probability Pzg is larger than the probability Pwg (Pzg> Pwg). The serif effect Y4 is not determined in each game in the non-predictive state, but is determined with the probability Pzh in each game in the predictive state. That is, each of the speech effects Y (1 to 4) is more easily determined in the precursor state than in the non-predictor state. In the above configuration, the probability Pyz (the sum of the determination probabilities of each speech effect Y in the precursor state) that any of the speech effects Y is determined in the precursor state is any of the speech effects Y in the non-predictor state. It becomes higher than the probability Pyw to be determined.

  As understood from the above description, the probability that any one of the line effects (X, Y) is determined is higher in the precursor state than in the non-predictor state. Therefore, when the line effect is frequently executed, it is possible to increase the player's expectation for the precursor state. In the above configuration, all the speech effects are more easily determined in the precursor state than in the non-predictor state, but some of the speech effects may be more easily determined in the non-predictor state than in the precursor state.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the probability that each line effect is determined is determined so that the probability Pxw that the line effect X is determined is higher than the probability Pyw that the line effect Y is determined in the unforeseen state ( Pxw> Pyw).

  As described above, in the speech production X, the playback of the speech audio A (1-4) is started with the first stop operation, and in the speech production Y, the speech audio B (1-4) is triggered with the third stop operation. Playback starts. Further, in the non-predictive state, the speech production X is determined with a higher probability than the speech production Y. Therefore, it can be said that in the non-predictive state, the speech of the serif effect is more likely to start to be triggered by the first stop operation than the third stop operation. As will be described in detail later, in the present embodiment, at the start of the current game, the speech sound of the previous game may be forcibly stopped. Therefore, it is desirable that the speech sound of each game ends within the game.

  Since the time point of the first stop operation in each game is ahead of the time point of the third stop operation, the first stop operation (the final stage of the game) is the first time compared to the case where the speech playback is started. When the speech playback is started in response to the stop operation (the early stage of the game), the speech speech of each game is likely to end within the game. As described above, in the non-predictive state, playback is likely to be started when triggered by the first stop operation rather than the third stop operation, so the speech sound of each game is likely to end within the game. That is, there is an advantage that the speech is difficult to be stopped on the way.

  On the other hand, in the precursor state, the probability that each line effect is determined is determined such that the probability Pyz that the line effect Y is determined is higher than the probability Pxz that the line effect X is determined (Pxz <Pyz). In the above configuration, when the serif effect Y occurs more frequently than the serif effect X, it is possible to improve the expectation for the precursor state.

  However, in the above configuration, in the precursor state, the speech is easily reproduced when triggered by the third stop operation rather than the first stop operation. That is, in the precursor state, compared to the non-predictor state, the length of time from when the speech playback is started to when the speech is forcibly stopped (next game start time) is likely to be shorter. . Therefore, there may be a problem that the speech is likely to be stopped halfway.

  In consideration of the above circumstances, in this embodiment, the average value of the time length of the speech sound B of the speech effect Y is configured to be shorter than the average value of the time length of the speech sound A of the speech effect X. According to the above configuration, for example, compared to a configuration in which the average value of the time length of the speech sound B is longer (or equal) than the average value of the time length of the speech sound A, the speech sound is not easily stopped forcibly. . Note that, in the precursor state, the probability that the speech effect Y is determined may be higher than the speech effect Y while the probability that the speech effect Y is determined is higher than that in the non-predictor state.

  The above is the description of various data stored in the sub ROM 413. Hereinafter, each sound data stored in the sound source ROM 432 will be described.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining each sound data. Each sound data is stored in the sound source ROM 432 for each phrase number. FIG. 22 illustrates a part of each sound data. Further, the character “n”, the character “m”, and the character “x” in FIG. 22 are integers larger than the numerical value “1”. As shown in FIG. 22, each sound data of phrase number “00” (warning sound) and phrase number “01” (calling sound) among the sound data is reproduced when an error occurs. The warning sound is sound for notifying an error. The calling voice is a voice that instructs the manager (person) of the gaming machine 1 to call. For example, a voice “Please call a staff member” can be adopted as the calling voice.

  The warning sound and the calling sound (error sound) are reproduced by the first channel group GA of the sound source IC 431. As described above, the warning sound is reproduced on the two channels ch (stereo) of the channel ch0 and the channel ch1 of the first channel group GA. The calling voice is reproduced on one channel ch2 (monaural) of the first channel group GA. When an error occurs, a warning sound and a calling voice are reproduced in parallel on each channel ch. As understood from the above description, the error sound is a sound in which a warning sound and a calling sound are mixed.

  FIG. 22 shows a specific example of each system sound excluding the error sound. Of the system sounds, the input sound of the phrase number “n + 00” is reproduced when a medal is inserted. Specifically, when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion unit 8, or when a medal is inserted by operating the 1BET button 21 or the MAX-BET button 22, or after the replay is stopped and displayed on the active line. When a medal is automatically inserted, the insertion sound is reproduced. It should be noted that the insertion sound is different between when a bet medal is inserted (insertion of the first to third medals) and when a medal stored in the credit is inserted (insertion of the fourth to fifty medals). May be.

  Of the system sounds, the starting sound of the phrase number “n + 01” is reproduced when each reel 12 is started. Further, the stop sound of the phrase number “n + 02” among the system sounds is played each time the reel 12 stops in each game. Further, in the above-described instruction effect, navigation voice (“left” voice, “middle” voice, “right” voice) is reproduced as system sound (not shown). For example, in the instruction effect instructing the first left stop, the sound “left” is reproduced at the start of the game.

  As described above, each system sound is reproduced when the image control CPU 421 receives the sound control command X from the sub CPU 412. Specifically, the sound control command X includes a sound control command XS and a sound control command XE. The sound control command SE instructs the reproduction of the error sound. The sound control command XS instructs the reproduction of system sounds other than error sounds. Hereinafter, each sound control command X will be described in detail.

  The sound control command XS designates a phrase number of sound data (system sound), a channel number of a channel ch for reproducing the sound data, an output volume, and a change time. When the sound control command XS is received by the image control board (image control CPU 421) 420, the sound data specified by the sound control command XS is the sound control command in the channel ch specified by the sound control command XS. Playback is performed at the output volume specified by XS. Specifically, the sound control command XS that specifies the phrase number of monaural sound data specifies one channel number. The sound control command XS that specifies the phrase number of stereo sound data specifies two channel numbers.

  The change time of the sound control command XS is a time length during which the sound specified by the sound control command XS is faded in or faded out. For example, assume that the image control CPU 421 receives a sound control command XS for reproducing a specific sound at an output volume “v” (v> 0). In the sound control command XS, the change time is specified as “t” seconds (t> 0). When the sound control command XS is received, the volume of the specific sound continuously changes from the numerical value “0” (silenced state), and the numerical value “v” is reached when the time length “t” seconds elapses. Until it becomes constant. For example, it is assumed that a sound control command XS designating an output volume “v” and a change time “0” seconds is received. In the above case, the output volume of the specific sound is immediately changed from the numerical value “0” to the numerical value “v”. That is, when the change time is “0” seconds, each sound does not fade in or fade out.

  The sound control command XE instructs the reproduction of the error sound. As described above, the error sound is reproduced on a predetermined channel ch among the channel ch of the sound source IC 431. When the sound control command XE is received, the error sound is reproduced by the sound source IC 431 at the output volume “100” (maximum value) regardless of the master volume. As described above, the channel ch from which the error sound is reproduced and the output volume are determined in advance. However, a configuration may be adopted in which the channel ch in which the error sound is reproduced and the output volume are variable. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which an error sound fades in or fades out.

  The above is an explanation of each system sound. Hereinafter, specific examples of each effect sound will be described. The production sound includes various sound effects (blown sound effects), various sounds (line A1 to A4, lines B1 to B4), and various background music (AT music, bonus music).

  Out of the effect sounds, the balloon sound effect with the phrase number “m + 00” is reproduced in each line effect. In each line effect, the balloon sound effect is played when a game start operation is performed. Specifically, when a game start operation is performed, the main CPU 301 transmits a start operation command to the sub CPU 412. The blowing sound effect is reproduced when the start operation command is received by the sub CPU 412. The main CPU 301 transmits a reel start command to the sub CPU 412 when the reel 12 starts after the game start operation is performed. The blowing sound effect may be reproduced when a reel start command is received by the sub CPU 412.

  As will be described in detail later, a balloon graphic image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 30 in each line effect. In addition, the character string of the speech of the current speech production is displayed in the balloon graphic image. The balloon sound effect is a sound effect when a balloon graphic image is displayed. The time length of the blowing sound effect is, for example, about 1 second. However, a sound effect having an arbitrary time length can be adopted as the blowing sound effect. A plurality of types of sound effects may be provided, and the sound effects may be varied according to the line production.

  Of the effect sound, the speech voice A1 of the phrase number “m + 01” is reproduced in the speech effect X1. Of the effect sounds, the speech sound A2 with the phrase number “m + 02” is reproduced with the speech effect X2, the speech sound A3 with the phrase number “m + 03” is reproduced with the speech effect X3, and the speech sound with the phrase number “m + 04”. A4 is reproduced with the speech effect X4, the speech sound B1 with the phrase number “m + 05” is reproduced with the speech effect Y1, and the speech sound B2 with the phrase number “m + 06” is reproduced with the speech effect Y2, and the phrase number “m + 07” is reproduced. ”Is reproduced with the speech production Y3, and the speech audio B4 with the phrase number“ m + 08 ”is reproduced with the speech production Y4. Each speech sound is monaural sound data. However, each speech sound may be stereo sound data.

  Of the effect sounds, the AT musical piece with the phrase number “m + x−1” is played over each game in the AT state. AT music is loop-reproduced over each game in the AT state. Further, the bonus music piece with the phrase number “m + x” is reproduced over each game in the bonus operating state. The bonus music is played in a loop over each game in the bonus operating state. Note that the music played in the AT state may be composed of a plurality of sound data. For example, the sound data of the music introduction part (intro) and the sound data after the music introduction part may be reproduced in the AT state. In the above configuration, for example, immediately after the AT state is started, the sound data of the introduction part is reproduced, and then the sound data after the introduction part is reproduced in a loop.

  As shown in FIG. 22, each phrase number of the effect sound has a priority. The priority of each phrase number is referred to when reproduction of each sound data of each phrase number is started. As described above, each effect sound is reproduced on any channel ch (16 to 39) of the third channel group GC of the sound source IC 431. In the above configuration, depending on the timing of the production of the production, the production of the production sound may be being reproduced on all the channel channels of the third channel group GC at the time when the reproduction of the specific production sound is instructed (that is, There may be no empty channel ch). In the above case, the image control CPU 421 compares the priority of each effect sound being reproduced with the priority of the effect sound instructed to be reproduced, and reproduces one of the effect sounds.

  Specifically, when there is no empty channel in the third channel group GC, as a result of the comparison of priorities, all effects being played back based on the priority (for example, “low”) of the effect sound instructed this time When each sound priority (for example, “medium” or “high”) is high, the effect sound instructed to be reproduced is not reproduced. On the other hand, when a production sound having a lower priority than the production sound instructed to be reproduced is being reproduced, the reproduction of the production sound being reproduced is stopped, and this time, in the channel ch where the production sound is reproduced. Start playing the instructed production sound. Further, in the above configuration, when there are a plurality of effect sounds whose priority is lower (for example, “low” or “medium”) than the priority (for example, “high”) of the instructed effect sound, the priority is the lowest ( For example, “low”) the reproduction of the production sound is stopped. Further, when there are a plurality of effect sounds having the lowest priority, the reproduction of the effect sound whose reproduction ends at the earliest time among the effect sounds is stopped, and in the channel ch that is reproducing the effect sound, The reproduction of the production sound instructed to be reproduced is started. Note that the number of types of priority can be changed as appropriate. For example, a configuration in which four or more types of priority are provided may be employed.

  As described above, the channel ch from which each effect sound is reproduced is automatically determined from the third channel group GC by the image control CPU 421 in accordance with the priority of the effect sound. In the present embodiment, the channel ch of the third channel group GC may be referred to as a “variable channel”. The channel ch for reproducing each system sound is designated by the sound control command XS from the second channel group GB. In the present embodiment, the channel ch of the second channel group GB may be referred to as a “fixed channel”.

  FIG. 23 is a conceptual diagram of the channel information table TX. The image control CPU 421 causes the sound source IC 431 to reproduce each sound using the channel information table TX. As shown in FIG. 23, the channel information table TX includes channel information for each channel ch. Each channel information of each channel ch includes the state (playback, stop) of the channel ch, the phrase number being played on the channel ch, the output volume of the channel ch, and a fade timer set for the channel ch. And the priority of the phrase number being played back.

  The image control CPU 421 updates each channel information of the channel information table TX according to each received sound control command X. Further, the image control CPU 421 updates each channel information of the channel information table TX according to the effect sound to be reproduced. A sound output request command Z indicating each channel information in the channel information table TX is input to the sound source IC 431, and the sound source IC 431 reproduces each sound according to the sound output request command Z.

  Each output volume of each channel information corresponds to a master volume (5 levels of numerical values “1” to “5”). For example, when the master volume is a numerical value “1”, the output volume is 20% that when the master volume is a numerical value “5”. When the master volume is “2”, the output volume is 40% when the master volume is “5”. When the master volume is “3”, the output volume is the master volume “3”. When the master volume is a numerical value “4”, the output volume is 80% when the master volume is a numerical value “5”.

  The “state” of the channel information indicates whether or not sound is being reproduced on each channel ch. The “phrase number” of the channel information is a phrase number of sound data reproduced on each channel ch. For example, in the example of FIG. 23, the sound data (stereo) of the phrase number “m + w” (w is an integer) is reproduced at the output volume “90” on the channel ch16 and the channel ch17 of the third channel group GC. In addition, the phrase A1 with the phrase number “m + 01” is reproduced at the output volume “100” on the channel ch39.

  In the “fade timer” of each channel ch, an initial value is set when the sound reproduced on the channel ch is faded in or faded out. Thereafter, the fade timer is subtracted at a predetermined time interval (for example, an interval of about 2 milliseconds). In the period from when the fade timer is set to the initial value until the time is up, the output volume of the channel ch continuously changes. The change time specified by the sound control command is set as the initial value of the fade timer.

  The “priority” of the channel information is when playback of the production sound is started, and when the state of all the channel channels in the third channel group GC is being reproduced (that is, there is no empty channel channel). Referenced. As described above, sound data is assigned a priority of “low”, “medium”, or “high”, and when sound data reproduction is started, reproduction of sound data having a lower priority than the sound data is reproduced. Is stopped.

  Upon receiving the sound control command XE, the image control CPU 421 changes the state of the first channel group GA (channels ch0 to 2) from “stop” to “playback”, and changes the phrase number of the first channel group GA to each channel. Set the sound data to play. Specifically, a warning sound phrase number is set for channel ch0 and channel ch1, and a call voice phrase number is set for channel ch2. Further, the output volume of each channel ch of the first channel group GA is set to a numerical value “100” (maximum value). Further, the image control CPU 421 sets the output volume of each channel ch of the second channel group GB and the third channel group GC to a numerical value “0” (minimum value). According to the above configuration, when an error sound (warning sound, call sound) is reproduced, the error sound is reproduced at the maximum output volume, and sounds other than the error sound are muted. The error sound is played at the maximum output volume regardless of the master volume.

  Assume a configuration in which other sounds are not muted when error sound is reproduced. In this configuration, since the error sound and other sounds are mixed, it is difficult to hear the error sound by the other sounds, and there is a problem that the occurrence of the error is not appropriately notified. In this embodiment, when an error occurs, the error sound is reproduced at the maximum output volume, and sounds other than the error sound are muted. Therefore, for example, the error sound is easily perceived as compared with the configuration in which the sound other than the error sound is not muted, and the above-described inconvenience is suppressed.

  As described above, the image control CPU 421 determines the channel ch for reproducing the effect sound from the third channel group GC according to the priority of the effect sound. Hereinafter, a specific example of a configuration for the image control CPU 421 to determine a channel ch for reproducing the effect sound will be described. In addition, the structure which determines the channel ch which reproduces effect sound is not limited to the example shown in this embodiment, It can change suitably. In the present embodiment, the effect sound reproduced in monaural using one channel ch is referred to as “monaural effect sound”. Also, the effect sound reproduced in stereo using the two channel channels is called “stereo effect sound”.

  When starting to reproduce the stereo effect sound, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the effect sound on the channel ch of the smallest number among the empty channel ch. Specifically, the image control CPU 421 selects the even-numbered channel ch (16, 18, 20,... 38) having the smallest number among the empty channels ch and the channel ch (for example, a numerical value “1” larger than the number of the channel ch (for example, When the number of the even-numbered channel ch is “16”, the stereo effect sound is reproduced with the channel ch 17). In other words, the stereo effect sound is reproduced on the channel ch of the consecutive number. When the odd-numbered channel ch that is paired with the even-numbered channel ch is not vacant, the image control CPU 421 performs the stereo effect except for the even-numbered channel ch even if the even-numbered channel ch is vacant. Sound is played back.

  When the reproduction of the monaural effect sound is started, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the effect sound in the channel ch having the highest number among the empty channels ch. That is, when starting the reproduction of the effect sound, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the stereo effect sound with the empty channel ch with the lowest number and reproduces the monaural effect sound with the empty channel with the highest number. Specifically, when the reproduction of the monaural effect sound is started, the image control CPU 421 is, in principle, the channel channel having the largest channel number and the odd channel number among the channel channels of the third channel group GC. The effect sound is reproduced. For example, when all the channels Ch of the third channel group GC are vacant channel ch, the monaural effect sound is reproduced on the channel ch of channel number “39”. However, in the case where the channel ch whose number is “1” smaller than the channel ch that is playing the monaural effect sound (even-numbered channel ch) is vacant, when the reproduction of a new monaural effect sound is instructed, A monaural effect sound is reproduced on the even-numbered channel ch.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram for describing a specific example of each speech sound (A1 to A4, B1 to B4) among the sound data described above. As described above, each speech sound is different from each other. The speech voices A (1 to 4) of the present embodiment include, for example, voices that describe the game specifications. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24, the speech voice A <b> 1 is a voice “a chance to shift to AT when a rare role is won”. In addition, the speech voice A2 is a voice saying “If there are frequent line productions, the AT may be won”, and the speech voice A3 is a voice “Please push the stop button in the order of navigation during AT”. The speech voice A4 is a voice saying “Bonus winning chance when developed into a continuous production”. Each of the above speech sounds A (1 to 4) is started to be triggered by the first stop operation in each of the speech effects X (1 to 4). In the present embodiment, each speech sound A is a boy's sound.

  The speech voices B (1 to 4) of the present embodiment include, for example, a voice that suggests a game state (instruction state). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24, the speech voice B1 is a voice of “Ganbare, Ganbare”, the speech voice B2 is a voice of “development”, and the speech voice B3 is a voice of “chance”. Yes, the speech voice B4 is a voice saying “Congratulations”. Each of the above speech audio B is started to be triggered by the third stop operation in each speech effect Y (1 to 4). In this embodiment, each speech voice B is a girl voice. However, each speech sound can be changed as appropriate. For example, a speech suggesting a game state may be included in the speech speech A. Moreover, you may include the audio | voice explaining the specification of a game in the speech audio | voice B. FIG.

  As understood from FIG. 24, the number of characters of each speech sound A (the length of the speech) is larger than the number of characters of each speech speech B, and the time length required from the start of playback to the end is longer than each speech speech B. Voice A is longer. That is, the time length of each speech sound A that is started to be played back during the first stop operation is longer than the time length of each speech sound B that is started to be played back during the third stop operation. For example, the time length of the speech voice A1 is about 5 seconds. The time length of the speech voice B1 is about 2 seconds. However, speech speech A shorter than all or part of each speech speech B may be provided. Moreover, you may provide the speech sound B longer than all or one part of each speech sound A. FIG.

  25 (a-1) and 25 (a-2) are diagrams for explaining the speech effect X. FIG. FIG. 25 (a-1) is a simulation diagram of the image GA1 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 30 in response to the game start operation. FIG. 25 (a-2) is triggered by the first stop operation. It is a simulation figure of image GA2 displayed instead of image GA1. FIG. 25 (a-1) and FIG. 25 (a-2) illustrate the image GA1 and the image GA2 in the speech effect X1. As shown in FIG. 25 (a-1), the image GA1 includes a character graphic image ZA and a balloon graphic image ZC. In the above-mentioned dialogue effect X, the display of the character graphic image ZA and the balloon graphic image ZC is started with the start operation of the game, and the reproduction of the balloon sound effect is started. In the serif effect X, the point in time when the reproduction of the blowing sound effect is started and the point in time when the display of the balloon graphic image ZC is started are substantially the same. However, the time point at which the reproduction of the blowing sound effect is started and the time point at which the display of the blowing graphic image ZC is started may not be substantially simultaneous. As shown in FIG. 25 (a-1), the character icon image ZA represents a predetermined character, and is displayed on the left end side of the screen in a front view, for example. Further, the balloon graphic image ZC is, for example, a substantially rectangular graphic image, and is displayed near the right side of the character graphic image ZA.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (a-2), in the image GA2 displayed in response to the first stop operation, the character graphic image ZA and the balloon graphic image ZC are displayed in the same manner as the image GA1. That is, the character graphic image ZA and the blowout graphic image ZC are continuously displayed before and after the first stop operation. In addition, a character string of the speech sound A of the speech effect X in the current game is displayed in the balloon graphic image ZC of the image GA2. In the above configuration, when the first stop operation is performed, the playback of the speech voice A is started, and the display of the character string of the speech voice A is started. Each character of the character string of each speech sound A is displayed substantially simultaneously. In the dialogue effect X, the time when the reproduction of the speech sound A is started and the time when the display of the character string of the speech sound A is started substantially simultaneously. However, the time point when the speech sound A starts to be reproduced and the time point when the character string of the speech sound A starts to be displayed may not be substantially the same.

  FIG. 25 (b-1) and FIG. 25 (b-2) are diagrams for explaining the dialogue effect Y. FIG. 25 (b-1) is a simulation diagram of the image GB1 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 30 in response to the game start operation, and FIG. 25 (b-2) is triggered by the third stop operation. It is a simulation figure of image GB2 displayed instead of image GB1. FIG. 25 (b-1) and FIG. 25 (b-2) exemplify the image GB1 and the image GB2 in the speech effect Y1. As shown in FIG. 25 (b-1), the image GB1 includes a character graphic image ZB and a balloon graphic image ZC. In the above-mentioned dialogue production Y, the display of the character graphic image ZB and the blowout graphic image ZC is started with the start operation of the game, and the reproduction of the blowout sound effect is started. Further, in the line effect Y, as in the case of the line effect X described above, the time when the reproduction of the sound effect sound is started and the time when the display of the balloon graphic image ZC is started are substantially the same. As shown in FIG. 25 (b-1), the character icon image ZB represents a predetermined character, and is displayed on the left end side of the screen in a front view, for example. Further, the balloon graphic image ZC is displayed near the right side of the character graphic image ZB.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (b-2), in the image GB2 displayed in response to the third stop operation, the character graphic image ZB and the balloon graphic image ZC are displayed in the same manner as the image GB1. That is, the character graphic image ZB and the blowout graphic image ZC are continuously displayed before and after the third stop operation. In addition, a character string of the speech sound B of the speech production Y in the current game is displayed in the balloon graphic image ZC of the image GB2. In the above configuration, when the third stop operation is performed, the speech voice B is started to be reproduced, and the display of the character string of the speech voice B is started. Each character of the character string of each speech sound B is displayed simultaneously. In the line effect Y, as in the case of the line effect X described above, the time when the reproduction of the line sound B is started and the time when the display of the character string of the line sound B is started substantially simultaneously. However, the point in time when the reproduction of the speech sound B is started and the time when the display of the character string of the speech sound B is not necessarily required to be substantially the same.

  In addition, the image of the liquid crystal display device 30 in each line effect can be changed as appropriate. For example, it is good also as a structure which provides multiple types of character icons displayed by each line production. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provides two or more balloon graphic images displayed by each line production. For example, the speech image may be different between the speech effect X and the speech effect Y.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram for explaining a time when each sound (speech sound, blowing sound effect) of the speech effect (X, Y) is reproduced. In FIG. 26, a graphic (rectangle) on which the name of the sound is displayed is shown on the time axis. The position on the time axis at the left end of each figure indicates the start time of each sound, and the position on the time axis at the right end of each figure indicates the end time of each sound. In FIG. 26, the blowing sound effect is simply referred to as “sound effect”. Also, in FIG. 26, the time point of the game start operation and the time point of each stop operation (first stop operation, second stop operation, third stop operation) are shown on the time axis. Further, FIG. 26 shows the time when each sound is reproduced in the Nth game (N is a positive integer) and the N + 1th game. That is, FIG. 26 shows the playback period of each sound played in each successive game.

  FIG. 26A-1 is a specific example in which the serif effect X is executed in the Nth game, and the serif effect is not executed in the N + 1th game. As described above, when the speech effect is executed, the reproduction of the sound effect is started with the start operation of the game. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (a-1), the reproduction of the blowing sound effect is started substantially simultaneously with the game start operation (immediately after the start operation). The blowing sound effect ends in about 1 second.

  In a game in which the line effect X is executed, the line sound A is reproduced in response to the first stop operation. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (a-1), the speech A is started to be played substantially simultaneously with the first stop operation (immediately after the first stop operation). For example, in a game in which the dialogue production X1 is executed among the dialogue productions X (1 to 4), the speech audio A1 of about 5 seconds is reproduced in response to the first stop operation. In the above case, depending on the time interval (speed of game operation) of each game operation (start operation, stop operation) of the player, at the time of the N + 1 game start operation, the speech sound A of the Nth game is It may not finish. As shown in FIG. 26 (a-1), when the line effect is not executed in the (N + 1) th game, even if the start operation of the (N + 1) th game is performed, the speech sound A of the Nth game is Play continuously.

  FIG. 26A-2 is a specific example in which the serif effect X is executed in the Nth game, and the serif effect (X or Y) is executed in the N + 1th game. That is, the specific example of FIG. 26 (a-2) is the same as FIG. 26 (a-1) described above in that the line effect X is executed in the Nth game, and the line effect is in the N + 1th game. It differs in that it is executed. In FIG. 26 (a-2), it is assumed that an arbitrary dialogue effect is executed in the (N + 1) th game. Moreover, in FIG. 26 (a-1) and FIG. 26 (a-2), the case where the position on the time axis of start operation and the position on the time axis of each stop operation correspond is assumed. That is, in the specific example of FIG. 26A-1 and the specific example of FIG. 26A-2, it is assumed that each game operation is performed at the same time interval.

  In the specific example of FIG. 26 (a-2) above, when the speech A that has been played back in the Nth game is played to the end, the time when the playback of the speech A is finished is the N + 1th time. After the game start operation. However, as shown in FIG. 26 (a-2), when the speech effect is executed in the (N + 1) th game, the speech sound A of the Nth game is stopped by the start operation of the (N + 1) th game. In the above configuration, the speech sound A of the Nth game is stopped halfway with the start operation of the (N + 1) th game, and the reproduction of the sound effect sound of the (N + 1) th game is started. Thereafter, when the stop operation (the first stop operation or the third stop operation) is performed, the speech sound (the speech sound A or the speech sound B) of the N + 1 game speech effect (the speech effect X or the speech effect Y) is reproduced. The

  As a comparative example of the present embodiment, a configuration is assumed in which the speech sound A of the Nth game is not stopped even when the speech effect is executed in the N + 1th game. In the above comparison, when the speech sound A of the Nth game is not ended at the start operation of the (N + 1) th game, the sound of the speech production of the Nth game and the speech effect of the (N + 1) th game (blowout effect) Sound and / or speech). When the sounds of a plurality of types of speech production are mixed, it is easy to cause an inconvenience that the sound of one speech production becomes difficult to hear with the sound of other speech production. As a configuration for eliminating the above inconveniences, for example, a configuration in which the sound of the speech effect of the previous game is uniformly terminated at the start of the current game can be considered. However, in the above configuration, for example, a relatively long speech may be interrupted every time a game start operation is performed and may not be played back to the end.

  In consideration of the above circumstances, in the present embodiment, when a new game is started during the playback of the speech sound A, and when the speech effect is executed in the new game, it is played back. When the speech A is stopped and the speech production is not executed in a new game, the speech A is continuously reproduced. According to the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 26 (a-1), when the speech effect is not executed in the current game, the speech sound A in the previous game is continuously played after the start of the current game. Is done. Therefore, for example, compared to a configuration in which the sound of the speech effect X of the previous game is uniformly terminated at the start of the current game, even a relatively long speech voice A is easily reproduced to the end. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 26 (a-2), when the speech production is executed in the current game, the speech voice A in the previous game is stopped at the start of the current game. Voice A is not mixed with each sound of the line production of this game. Therefore, inconvenience that it is difficult to hear the sound of the speech effect is suppressed. As described above, the speech voice A includes a voice that explains the specifications of the game. According to the present embodiment, the inconvenience of listening to the speech A that explains the game specifications is suppressed.

  In this embodiment, the speech sound B of the speech effect Y in the previous game is the same as the speech sound A of the speech effect X described above, and when the speech effect is executed in the current game, at the start operation of the current game If it is stopped and no line effect is executed in the current game, it will continue to be played after the start operation of the current game.

  FIG. 26 (b-1) is a specific example in which the dialogue effect Y is executed in the Nth game, and each dialogue effect is not executed in the N + 1th game. In the game in which the speech effect Y is executed, the blowing sound effect is reproduced with the start operation as in the game in which the speech effect X is executed (see FIG. 26A-1). Further, in a game in which the line effect Y is executed, the line sound B is reproduced in response to the third stop operation. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (b-1), the playback of the speech sound B is started substantially simultaneously with the third stop operation (immediately after the third stop operation). In the above case, depending on the time interval of each game operation of the player, the speech sound B of the Nth game may not be completed at the time of the N + 1th game start operation. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (b-1), the speech sound B of the Nth game is continuously played even when the N + 1th game start operation is performed.

  FIG. 26 (b-2) is a specific example in which the serif effect Y is executed in the Nth game and the serif effect is executed in the N + 1th game. That is, the specific example of FIG. 26 (b-2) is common to FIG. 26 (b-1) described above in that the line effect Y is executed in the Nth game, and the line effect is in the N + 1th game. It differs in that it is executed. In FIG. 26 (b-2), it is assumed that an arbitrary dialogue effect is executed in the (N + 1) th game. Moreover, in FIG. 26B-1 and FIG. 26B-2, the case where the position on the time axis of start operation and the position on the time axis of each stop operation correspond is assumed. That is, in the specific example of FIG. 26B-1 and the specific example of FIG. 26B-2, it is assumed that each game operation is performed at the same time interval.

  As shown in FIG. 26 (b-2), when the speech effect is executed in the (N + 1) th game, the speech sound B of the Nth game is stopped in response to the start operation of the (N + 1) th game. Specifically, in response to the start operation of the (N + 1) th game, the speech sound B of the Nth game is stopped and the blowing sound effect of the (N + 1) th game is reproduced. After that, the sound (line A sound or line sound B) of the N + 1 game line effect (the line effect X or the line effect Y) is played back when the stop operation (the first stop operation or the third stop operation) is triggered. . In the configuration of FIG. 26 (b-2), as in the configuration of FIG. 26 (a-2), at the start operation of the (N + 1) th game, the speech sound B of the Nth game is stopped, and N + 1 Each sound of the speech production in the game of the first time (sound effect sound, speech of the speech) is reproduced. Therefore, the sound of the line effect of each game that follows is not mixed.

  In the above configuration, for example, compared to a configuration in which the sound of the speech effect Y of the previous game is uniformly ended at the start of the current game, even a relatively long speech sound B is easily reproduced to the end. Become. In addition, when the speech production Y is executed in the current game, the speech audio B in the previous game is stopped at the start of the current game, so the speech audio B of the previous game is changed to each of the speech productions of the current game. Do not mix with sound. Therefore, inconvenience that it is difficult to hear the sound of the speech effect is suppressed. Further, as described above, the speech voice B includes a voice that suggests a game state. According to the present embodiment, inconvenience of listening to the speech sound B suggesting the game state is suppressed.

  In FIG. 26, for the sake of explanation, the period from the start operation to the third stop operation is shown as one game period. However, in practice, the period of one game is a period from the time of the start operation until a game state transition process (described later) executed after all the reels 12 are stopped. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which can reproduce | regenerate the sound of another effect in the period of a line effect.

  The above-mentioned speech effect sound and speech sound of each line effect are reproduced on each channel ch of the sound source IC 431. Specifically, when the image control CPU 421 receives an effect control command Y indicating a line effect, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the blowing sound effect on any channel ch of the third channel group GC of the sound source IC 431. Further, when receiving an operation command indicating that the first stop operation has been performed in the speech effect X, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the speech audio A on any channel ch of the third channel group GC. Further, when the image control CPU 421 receives an operation command indicating that the third stop operation has been performed in the line effect Y, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the line sound B on any channel ch of the third channel group GC.

  FIG. 27 is a timing chart for explaining each sound reproduced in each channel ch in the line effect. In the specific example of FIG. 27, it is assumed that a line effect is executed in each successive game, as in FIGS. 26 (a-2) and 26 (b-2). “ComYa” and “comYb” shown in FIG. 27 mean an effect control command Y indicating a line effect. Specifically, “comYa” means an effect control command Ya transmitted at the previous game start operation, and “comYb” means an effect control command Yb transmitted at the current game start operation. . Further, in the specific example of FIG. 27, the sound effect sound of the previous game is reproduced on the channel chx1, the speech sound of the previous game is reproduced on the channel chx2, and the sound effect sound of the current game is reproduced on the channel chy1, Assume that the speech sound of this game is played on channel chy2. Each of the above channels ch (x1, x2, y1, y2) is one of the channels of the third channel group GC, and as described above, the image control CPU 421 starts reproduction of each sound effect or each speech sound. It is selected appropriately (see FIG. 23). Therefore, each blowing sound effect or each speech sound may be reproduced on different channel channels or may be reproduced on a common channel channel.

  When the image control CPU 421 receives the effect control command Ya, the image control CPU 421 outputs a sound output request command Z for reproducing the blowing sound effect on the channel chx1 to the sound source IC 431. When the sound output request command Z is received, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the blowing sound effect on the channel chx1. In addition, when an operation command indicating that a stop operation (first stop operation or third stop operation) is received after the start of the line production (X or Y), the image control CPU 421 reproduces the line sound. Is output to the sound source IC 431. When the sound source IC 431 receives the sound output request command Z, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound on the channel chx2.

  In the specific example of FIG. 27, it is assumed that the effect control command Yb is received by the image control CPU 421 at a time when the speech in the previous serif effect has not ended. When receiving the effect control command Yb (when the current game is started), the image control CPU 421 stops the reproduction of the speech sound of the channel chx2, and causes the sound source IC 431 to reproduce the sound effect sound on the channel chy1. Specifically, when receiving the effect control command Yb, the image control CPU 421 outputs a sound output request command Z for reproducing the blowing sound effect on the channel chy1 to the sound source IC 431. When the sound output request command Z is input, the sound source IC 431 stops the speech of the channel chx2 halfway and reproduces the sound effect sound on the channel chy1. According to the above configuration, since the speech effect sound of the current speech production is not mixed with the speech speech of the previous speech production, inconvenience that the speech sound effect is difficult to hear by the speech speech is suppressed.

  The sub RAM 414 includes storage areas for storing data generated and updated by the sub CPU 412 executing each process.

  In addition, the sub RAM 414 is provided with a sub command storage area for storing various commands. The subcommand storage area stores the sound control command X and the effect control command Y. The sub CPU 412 transmits the sound control command X and the effect control command Y in the sub command storage area to the image control CPU 421.

  The sub-RAM 414 stores playback request flags for playing back various system sounds. Each reproduction request flag is provided for each system sound. For example, when a medal is inserted, the reproduction request flag for the inserted sound is turned on. When an error occurs, the error sound reproduction request flag is turned on. The sub CPU 412 generates a sound control command X for instructing the reproduction of the system sound whose reproduction request flag is ON, and stores it in the sub command storage area.

<Each process executed by the main CPU>
The main CPU 301 executes various processes using the above-described data. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the activation process of the main CPU 301. When the reset signal from the reset circuit is input, the main CPU 301 executes a startup process. The reset signal is output when the power supply voltage supplied to the main control board 300 exceeds a predetermined threshold. For example, when the supply of power supply voltage to the main control board 300 is started by turning on the power switch 511SW, the startup process is executed.

  When the startup process is started, the main CPU 301 executes a startup initialization process (S1). The main CPU 301 initializes each register of the main control board 300 by the startup initialization process. The main CPU 301 may execute a security check process for determining the validity of the control program stored in the main ROM 302 before the startup initialization process.

  After the startup initialization process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the setting switch is in an ON state (S2). The setting switch is turned on when a setting key is inserted into a key hole provided inside the gaming machine 1 and rotated. When the main CPU 301 determines that the setting switch is in the ON state (S2: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a setting change start command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S3), and proceeds to setting change processing.

  On the other hand, when determining that the setting switch is not in the ON state (S2: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether a backup flag is stored in the main RAM 303 (S4). In the present embodiment, when the power supply voltage supplied to the main control board 300 falls below a predetermined threshold (when the power is shut off), the main CPU 301 backs up each data stored in the main RAM 303 and A backup flag is stored in the RAM 303. Therefore, if the backup is executed normally when the power is turned off, the backup flag is stored in the main RAM 303.

  When determining that the backup flag is stored (S4: YES), the main CPU 301 calculates the checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 303 (S5). In the present embodiment, even when the power is turned off, the checksum of the main RAM 303 is calculated and stored, similarly to step S4 of the startup process.

  The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the checksum calculated at step S4 (checksum at power-on) matches the checksum calculated at power-off (S6). If the data in the main RAM 303 has not changed during the period from when the power is turned off to when it is turned on, the checksum when the power is turned on matches the checksum when the power is turned off. On the other hand, if the data in the main RAM 303 changes (deteriorates) during the period from when the power is turned off to when it is turned on, the checksum when the power is turned on does not match the checksum when the power is turned off.

  When the main CPU 301 determines that the checksum at power-on and the checksum at power-off coincide with each other (S6: YES), the time when the power is shut down (backup is backed up) based on each data stored in the main RAM 303. Each register is returned to the state at the time of execution (S7). When the state of each register is restored, the main control board 300 is in a state at the time when the power is shut off. When the main CPU 301 restores the state of each register (the state of the main control board 300), the main CPU 301 resumes the processing from the step at the time when the power is shut off. When the main CPU 301 returns the state of the main control board 300, the main CPU 301 transmits various information necessary for returning the effect state of the gaming machine 1 to the sub control board 400.

  When the main CPU 301 determines that the backup flag is not stored (S4: NO), or determines that the checksum at power-on and the checksum at power-off do not match (S6: NO), A main RAM abnormality flag indicating abnormality of the main RAM 303 is set (S8). That is, when the backup cannot be executed, or when the data in the main RAM 303 changes while the power is off, the main RAM abnormality flag is set. During the period in which the main RAM abnormality flag is set, the main CPU 301 notifies the abnormality of the main RAM using, for example, the main display ML. The main RAM abnormality flag is cleared, for example, when the set value changing process is normally executed.

  After setting the main RAM abnormality flag, the main CPU 301 proceeds to RAM error processing. In the RAM error processing, the progress of the game is prohibited. In the RAM error processing, the main CPU 301 may transmit a command for notifying the abnormality of the main RAM 303 to the sub control board 400, and the liquid crystal display device 30 may display a warning image, for example.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the setting change process. When the setting change process is started, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the front door 3 is opened (S11). For example, a door sensor that outputs an OFF signal when the front door 3 is closed and outputs an ON signal when the front door 3 is opened is provided, and the front door 3 is opened according to a signal from the door sensor. A configuration in which the main CPU 301 determines whether or not it is present can be employed. As described above, since the setting switch is provided inside the gaming machine 1, the setting change process is normally executed during the period when the front door 3 is open, and the front door 3 is closed. When the setting change process is started in the state, it is assumed that an ON signal of the setting switch and the power switch 511SW is input due to an illegal act. If it is determined that the front door 3 is not opened in consideration of the above circumstances (S11: NO), the main CPU 301 sets the setting switch abnormality flag to the ON state (S12), and proceeds to setting switch error processing. To do. In the setting switch error process, the progress of the game is prohibited. Further, in the setting switch error process, the main CPU 301 may transmit an error command for notifying the abnormality of the setting switch to the sub-control board 400, and the liquid crystal display device 30 may display a warning image, for example. The setting switch abnormality flag is cleared when the starting process is started again and the setting value changing process is normally executed.

  On the other hand, when determining that the front door 3 is opened (S11: YES), the main CPU 301 displays a numerical value indicating the set value on the setting display unit 36 (S13). Specifically, the main CPU 301 displays a numerical value stored in the display setting value storage area of the main RAM 303 on the setting display unit 36.

  Thereafter, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the setting change button 37 has been operated (S14). Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not an ON signal is input from the setting change switch 37SW. If it is determined that the setting change button 37 has been operated (S14: YES), the main CPU 301 increments the numerical value stored in the display setting value storage area of the main RAM 303 (S15), and the process proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting change button 37 has not been operated (S14: NO), the main CPU 301 proceeds to step S16 without incrementing the numerical value in the display setting value storage area.

  In step S16, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the start lever 24 has been operated. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not an ON signal of the start switch 24SW is input. The main CPU 301 repeats the processing from step S13 to step S15 until it is determined that the start lever 24 has been operated (S16: NO). As understood from the above description, every time the setting change button 37 is operated and the numerical value in the display setting value storage area is added in step S15, the numerical value displayed on the setting display unit 36 is added in step S13. .

  On the other hand, when determining that the start lever 24 has been operated (S16: YES), the main CPU 301 determines the numerical value displayed on the setting display unit 36 as a setting value (S17). Specifically, the main CPU 301 stores the numerical value stored in the display setting value storage area in the setting value storage area of the main RAM 303. Further, the main CPU 301 stores a set value command indicating the set value in the command storage area (S18). After storing the set value command, the main CPU 301 ends the set value change process and proceeds to the game control process. In the period of the activation process or the setting change process, interruption of other processes is prohibited, and when the process shifts to the game control process, the interruption is permitted thereafter.

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the game control process of the main CPU 301. The game control process is executed every time the player plays a game. As will be described in detail later, the main CPU 301 executes an interrupt process at a predetermined time interval (for example, 1.49 ms) during a period in which the game control process is executed. That is, the main CPU 301 alternately executes a game control process and an interrupt process. For example, a command (for example, a start operation command described later) transmitted to the sub control board 400 is set in the game control process and transmitted to the sub control board 400 in the interrupt process. Each timer (for example, a wait timer) set in the game control process is subtracted in the interrupt process.

  When starting the game control process, the main CPU 301 executes an initial setting process (S101). The initial setting process is executed every time a game is completed. In the initial setting process, the main CPU 301 initializes a storage area that is initialized for each game in the storage area of the main RAM 303.

  After the initial setting process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to an automatic input process (S102). By the automatic insertion process, the main CPU 301 sets the same number of betting medals as the previous game as the betting medals of the current game when the combination of symbols relating to the replay is aligned on the active line as a result of the previous game.

  The main CPU 301 proceeds to the pre-game start process (S103) after the automatic insertion process. In the pre-game process, the main CPU 301 detects a medal from the medal insertion unit 8 and detects an operation of the settlement button 23. Further, the main CPU 301 detects an operation of the start lever 24 (that is, a game start operation) in the pre-game start process.

  When the main CPU 301 detects a game start operation in the pre-game start process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to a set value confirmation process (S104). In the setting value confirmation process, the main CPU 301 determines whether the setting values stored in the setting value storage area of the main RAM 303 are appropriate. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the setting value stored in the setting value storage area is within the range of the numerical value “1” to the numerical value “6” in the setting value confirmation process. If the main CPU 301 determines that the setting value is not within the range of the numerical value “1” to the numerical value “6”, the main CPU 301 stores a setting value abnormality command indicating an abnormality in the setting value in the command storage area, and proceeds to setting value error processing. . For example, when a setting value stored in the setting value storage area is changed due to noise, a setting value error process is executed. In the set value error process, the main CPU 301 stops the game control process (prohibits the progress of the game). When the set value error processing is executed, for example, when the power button 511 is turned off and then turned on again, the main CPU 301 is caused to execute start-up processing and setting change processing, and normal set values are set. Return to the state where the game is possible.

  When the main CPU 301 determines that the set value is appropriate in the set value confirmation process, the main CPU 301 acquires the random value R1, the random value R2, and the random value R3 (S105). The random value R1 is a hardware random number generated by the random number generator 304 and is used in the internal lottery process. The random value R2 is a software random number acquired from a register built in the main CPU 301, and is used in a spinning effect determination process or the like. The random value R3 is used in the AT determination process. The main CPU 301 stores the acquired random number value R1 in the random number value R1 storage area of the main RAM 303. Similarly, the main CPU 301 stores the acquired random number value R2 in the random number value R2 storage area of the main RAM 303, and stores the random number value R3 in the random number value R3 storage area of the main RAM 303.

  After the main CPU 301 stores the random value R1, the random value R2, and the random value R3 in the main RAM 303, the main CPU 301 proceeds to a lottery execution process (S106). In the lottery execution process, an internal lottery process for determining the winning area with the random value R1, an AT determination process for determining the transition to the AT state with the random value R3, and a spinning effect are determined with the random value R2. It is comprised by each process including the rotation effect determination process for. The lottery execution process includes an instruction number determination process for determining an instruction number.

  After executing the lottery execution process, the main CPU 301 executes the wait process (S107). The weight process is a process for setting the time length of each game to a predetermined length or more. In the wait process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the wait period has elapsed. When determining that the wait period has not elapsed, the main CPU 301 does not shift from the wait process to the pre-stop process described later.

  On the other hand, when determining that the wait period has elapsed, the main CPU 301 proceeds to pre-stop processing (S108). In the pre-stop process, various types of data (priority order described later) are stored in the main RAM 303 according to the winning area determined in the internal lottery process. In the stop control process to be described later, each reel 12 is stopped according to each data stored in the pre-stop process, whereby the symbol combination related to the winning combination designated in the winning area is stopped and displayed on the active line.

  After executing the pre-stop process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the stop control process (S109). By the stop control process, the main CPU 301 stops the reel 12 corresponding to the stop button 25 every time each stop button 25 is operated. Each reel 12 stops at a symbol position corresponding to each data set in the pre-stop processing described above.

  When all the reels 12 are stopped by the stop control process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to a display determination process (S110). In the display determination process, the main CPU 301 determines the combination of symbols displayed on the active line. Further, the main CPU 301 sets various data according to the type of combination of symbols displayed on the active line. For example, when it is determined that the symbol combination related to replay is stopped and displayed on the active line, the main CPU 301 sets the re-game in-operation flag to the ON state. When the main CPU 301 determines that the symbol combination related to the winning winning combination is stopped on the active line, the main CPU 301 adds the number of medals according to the type of the winning winning combination to the number of credits.

  After executing the display determination process, the main CPU 301 executes a game state transition process (S111). In the gaming state transition process, the main CPU 301 transitions the gaming state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 shifts the RT state according to the RT transition symbol stopped and displayed on the active line. In addition, when the symbol combination related to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line, the main CPU 301 shifts to the bonus operation state and ends the bonus operation state according to the number of medals paid out. Further, the main CPU 301 shifts the instruction state by the game state transition process. When the main CPU 301 ends the game state transition process, the process returns to step S101.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the initial setting process at the end of the game. In the initial setting process, the main CPU 301 initializes a storage area for storing information necessary for one game in the storage area of the main RAM 303 (S101-1). For example, the winning area storage area storing the winning area (winning area number) of the previous game is initialized by the initial setting process.

  After initializing the main RAM 303, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the auxiliary storage unit 530 is full (S101-2). Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not an ON signal is input from the full tank sensor 530SE. When it is determined that the auxiliary storage unit 530 is full (S101-2: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a full tank error command (S101-3), and proceeds to full tank error processing.

  In the full tank error process, the main CPU 301 notifies the full tank error using the instruction display 16. For example, during the period when the full error process is executed, the main CPU 301 causes the indication display 16 to display the characters “HF” (hopper full). In addition, it is good also as a structure which alert | reports a full tank error with another indicator (for example, the stored number indicator 17). When the main CPU 301 determines that the auxiliary storage unit 530 is not full (S101-2: NO), the main CPU 301 ends the pre-game start process and shifts to an automatic input process.

  FIG. 32 is a flowchart of the automatic loading process. When the main CPU 301 starts the automatic insertion process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the symbol combination related to the replay is aligned on the active line in the previous game (S102-1). Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not a re-game in-operation flag is set. The re-game in-operation flag is set in the display determination process of the previous game control process. When the symbol combination related to replay is not aligned on the active line in the previous game (S102-1: NO), the main CPU 301 ends the automatic insertion process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the previous game that the symbol combinations related to replay are aligned on the effective line (S102-1: YES), the main CPU 301 stores the input command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S102-). 2). After storing the input command, the main CPU 301 sets the input interval timer (S102-3). The insertion interval timer is a timer for ensuring a time interval at which an insertion command is transmitted to the sub-control board 400 to a predetermined time length or more. When the insertion interval timer is set, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the insertion interval timer has expired (S102-4). The main CPU 301 repeats step S102-4 until it determines that the insertion interval timer has expired (S102-4: NO).

  When determining that the insertion interval timer has expired (S102-4: YES), the main CPU 301 adds a numerical value “1” to the betting number counter (S102-5). The betting number counter indicates the number of betting medals for the current game. Further, the main CPU 301 generates BET lamp display data indicating the display mode of the BET lamp 14 (14a, 14b, 14c) according to the value of the betting number counter (S102-6). Specifically, when the betting number counter is a numerical value “1”, BET lamp display data for lighting one lamp 14 a out of the BET lamps 14 is generated. Similarly, when the betting number counter is “2”, BET lamp display data for turning on one lamp 14a and two lamps 14b among the BET lamps 14 is generated, and when the betting number counter is “3”. Generates BET lamp display data for lighting one lamp 14a, two lamps 14b, and three lamps 14c among the BET lamps 14. BET lamp display data is stored in a lamp-related data storage area of the main RAM 303.

  The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the value of the bet number counter matches the bet medal of the previous game (S102-7). The main CPU 301 repeats the processing from step S102-2 to step S102-6 until it is determined that the value of the betting number counter matches the bet medal of the previous game (S102-7: NO). On the other hand, when it is determined that the value of the betting number counter matches the bet medal of the previous game (S102-7: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the automatic insertion process. As understood from the above description, when the symbol combination related to replay is aligned on the active line as a result of the previous game, the same bet medal as the bet medal of the previous game is set in the current game.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart of pre-game start processing. When the main CPU 301 starts the pre-game start process, the main CPU 301 sets a prescribed number with reference to the game state flag in the game state storage area of the main RAM 303 (S103-1). In the present embodiment, the prescribed number is set to a numerical value “3” for any game.

  After setting the specified number according to the gaming state, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the inserted medal acceptance process (S103-2). In the inserted medal acceptance process, the main CPU 301 accepts a medal from the medal insertion unit 8. Further, when the main CPU 301 receives a medal from the medal insertion unit 8, the main CPU 301 adds a bet number counter or a credit number.

  After executing the inserted medal acceptance process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the BET operation acceptance process (S103-3). The main CPU 301 receives the player's operation of the 1BET button 21 or the operation of the MAX-BET button 22 in the BET operation reception process.

  After executing the BET operation reception process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the settlement operation reception process (S103-4). The main CPU 301 receives the player's operation of the payment button 23 in the payment operation reception process.

  After executing the settlement operation acceptance process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the betting number counter is the specified number (S103-5). In the above-described automatic insertion process in step S102, inserted medal reception process in step S103-2, or BET operation reception process in step S103-3, when the betting number counter is added up to the specified number, the main CPU 301 Is the prescribed number (S103-5: YES), and the process proceeds to step S103-6. On the other hand, when the betting number counter has not reached the specified number (S103-5: NO), the main CPU 301 repeatedly executes steps S103-2 to S103-4.

  In step S103-6, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the start lever 24 has been operated by the player. When determining that the start lever 24 has been operated (S103-6: YES), the main CPU 301 stores the start operation command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S103-7). When the start operation command is stored, the main CPU 301 ends the pre-game process and proceeds to a set value confirmation process (S104). On the other hand, when determining that the start lever has not been operated (S103-6: NO), the main CPU 301 repeatedly executes the steps from Step S103-2 to Step S103-5.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart of inserted medal acceptance processing. When the inserted medal acceptance process is started, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the insertion disabled flag is in an ON state (S103-2-1). The insertion impossible flag is set to an ON state in S103-2-8, which will be described later, when the betting number counter is the upper limit value and the credit amount is the upper limit value. When the main CPU 301 determines that the insertion impossible flag is in the ON state (S103-2-1: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the insertion medal acceptance process. On the other hand, when the main CPU 301 determines that the insertion impossible flag is not in the ON state (S103-2-1: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not a medal has been inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 (S103-2-2). ).

  Specifically, as described above, a medal inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 is detected by a signal from the medal sensor 34SE. In the present embodiment, the main CPU 301 reads a signal from the medal sensor 34SE in an input port reading process of an interrupt process periodically executed, and detects a medal in the main RAM 303 according to the signal from the medal sensor 34SE. Set the flag to the ON state. In step S103-2-2, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the medal detection flag is in an ON state.

  When the main CPU 301 determines that a medal has been inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 (S103-2-2: YES), the main CPU 301 stores an insertion command indicating that a medal has been inserted in the command storage area (S103-2-3). ).

  After storing the insertion command, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the betting number counter is a prescribed number (S103-2-4). When determining that the betting number counter is not the prescribed number (S103-2-4: NO), the main CPU 301 adds a numerical value “1” to the betting number counter (S103-2-5), and performs the inserted medal acceptance process. finish. On the other hand, when it is determined that the betting number counter is the prescribed number (S103-2-4: YES), the main CPU 301 adds a numerical value “1” to the number of credits (S103-2-6).

  After adding the number of credits, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the number of credits matches the upper limit “50” (S103-2-7). When determining that the number of credits is a numerical value “50” (S103-2-7: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a medal insertion impossible flag to an ON state (S103-2-8), and performs a inserted medal acceptance process. finish. On the other hand, when the main CPU 301 determines that the number of credits is not the numerical value “50” (S103-2-7: NO), the inserted medal acceptance process is terminated without setting the medal insertion disabled flag to the ON state. . During the period when the medal insertion disable flag is set to the ON state, the main CPU 301 controls the selector 34 so that the medal inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 is guided to the outside of the gaming machine 1. Therefore, medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 8 are discharged to the outside of the gaming machine 1 (the tray unit 7) during the period when the medal insertion disable flag is ON.

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart of the BET operation acceptance process. In the BET operation acceptance process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the number of credits is a numerical value “0” (S103-3-1). When the number of credits is a numerical value “0” (S103-3-1: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the BET operation acceptance process.

  When determining that the number of credits is not “0” (S103-3-1: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the 1BET button 21 is operated (S103-3-2). When it is determined that the 1BET button 21 has been operated (S103-3-2: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a numerical value “1” in the insertion request counter (S103-3-3). On the other hand, when determining that the 1BET button 21 has not been operated (S103-3-2: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the MAX-BET button 22 has been operated (S103-3-4). . When determining that the MAX-BET button 22 has been operated (S103-3-4: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a numerical value “3” in the insertion request counter (S103-3-5). When determining that the MAX-BET button 22 has not been operated (S103-3-4: NO), the main CPU 301 ends the BET operation acceptance process.

  In step S103-3-3 or step S103-3-5, when a predetermined numerical value (numerical value “1” or numerical value “3”) is set in the input request counter, the main CPU 301 sets the numerical value “1” from the input request counter. "Is subtracted (S103-3-6). When “1” is subtracted from the insertion request counter, the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the credit counter (S103-3-7), and adds the numerical value “1” to the betting number counter (S103-3-8). .

  After adding the numerical value “1” to the betting number counter, the main CPU 301 stores the insertion command in the command storage area (S103-3-9). After storing the input command, the main CPU 301 sets the input interval timer (S103-3-10). The insertion interval timer is a timer for ensuring a time interval at which an insertion command is transmitted to the sub-control board 400 to a predetermined time length or more. Note that the insertion interval timer of the BET operation acceptance process (S103-3-10) is also used in the automatic insertion process described above. In the BET operation acceptance process (when the MAX-BET button is operated) and the automatic input process, the input command is continuously output and the input sound is continuously reproduced. In this embodiment, since the insertion interval timer is provided, the time interval at which each insertion command is transmitted is ensured to be equal to or longer than a predetermined time length, and the period during which each input sound is output is equal to or longer than the predetermined time length. According to the above configuration, for example, immediately after starting the output of the current input sound, the next input sound is output (the current input sound becomes extremely short), and the current input sound is not perceived by the player. Defects are suppressed. The insertion interval timer is timed up in about 0.5 seconds, for example.

  The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the insertion interval timer has expired (S103-3-11). Step S103-3-11 is repeated until the insertion interval timer expires (S103-3-11: NO). If it is determined that the insertion interval timer has expired (S103-3-11: YES), the main CPU 301 Then, it is determined whether or not the betting number counter matches the specified number (S103-3-12). When the main CPU 301 determines that the bet number counter matches the specified number (S103-3-12: YES), the BET operation acceptance process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the betting number counter does not match the specified number (S103-3-12: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the insertion request counter is a numerical value “0” (S103-3). -13). When it is determined that the insertion request counter is a numerical value “0” (S103-3-13: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the BET operation acceptance process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the insertion request counter is not the numerical value “0” (S103-3-13: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the credit number is “0” (S103-3-14). ). When the main CPU 301 determines that the number of credits is “0” (S103-3-14: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the BET operation acceptance process and determines that the credit counter is not the numerical value “0” (S103-3). -14: NO), the process is returned to step S103-3-6.

  As understood from the above description, when the main CPU 301 accepts the operation of the MAX-BET button 22, the betting number counter is added until the betting number counter reaches the specified number or the credit number is exhausted.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart of the settlement operation acceptance process. In the settlement operation acceptance process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the settlement button 23 has been operated by the player (S103-4-1). When it is determined that the settlement button 23 has been operated (S103-4-1: YES), the main CPU 301 sets a settlement medal in the payout request counter (S103-4-2). The settlement medal is the sum of the betting number counter and the credit amount at the time when the settlement button 23 is operated. However, when the bet number counter is added by automatic insertion (when replay is stopped in the previous game), the main CPU 301 sets only the credit number in the payout request counter. In the above configuration, the settlement of betting medals set by automatic insertion is prohibited. After setting the settlement medal in the payout request counter, the main CPU 301 stores the settlement operation command indicating the operation of the settlement button 23 in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S103-4-3), and turns off the medal insertion disable flag. (S103-4-4).

  When it is determined that the settlement button 23 has not been operated (S103-4-1: NO), the main CPU 301 ends the settlement operation acceptance process. As will be described in detail later, in the hopper driving process, medals of the number of payout request counters are discharged from the hopper 520 to the tray unit 7 through the medal payout opening 9.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart of the lottery execution process. When starting the lottery execution process, the main CPU 301 executes an internal lottery process (S106-1). In the internal lottery process, the main CPU 301 determines a winning area for the current game from the random value R1. After executing the internal lottery process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the spinning effect determination process (S106-2). In the spinning effect determination process, the main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect of the current game from the random value R2. After executing the spinning effect determination process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the AT determination process (S106-3).

  In the AT determination process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not to shift to the AT state from the random value R3. Specifically, in the AT determination process, the main CPU 301 acquires a lottery value corresponding to the winning area and the spinning effect of the current game from the AT determination table, and subtracts the lottery value from the random value R3. In the normal state, when the result of subtracting the lottery value from the random number value R3 becomes a negative number, the main CPU 301 sets an initial value in the first precursor counter. As described above, the first precursor counter indicates the remaining number of games in the first precursor state, and initial values of numerical values “0” to “32” are set. The initial value of the first precursor counter is determined by lottery. The sub CPU 412 subtracts the first precursor counter for each game, and when the first precursor counter is subtracted to a numerical value “0”, the sub CPU 412 shifts the instruction state to the start preparation state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag indicating the instruction state from the normal state to the start preparation state. The main CPU 301 transmits an instruction state command indicating a current instruction state flag to the sub CPU 412 in each game. In the AT state, when the result of subtracting the lottery value from the random number value R3 becomes a negative number, the main CPU 301 adds a numerical value “1” to the AT stock counter. Further, the main CPU 301 stores a command indicating the result of the AT determination process for the current game in the command storage area. After executing the AT determination process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the instruction number determination process (S106-4). In the instruction number determination process, the main CPU 301 determines an instruction number.

  FIG. 38 is a flowchart of the internal lottery process. When starting the internal lottery process, the main CPU 301 sets a winning area lottery table according to the gaming state (S106-1-1). For example, the main CPU 301 sets a winning area lottery table according to the RT flag indicating the type of RT state stored in the RT state storage area of the main RAM 303.

  In the internal lottery process, the main CPU 301 acquires the random value R1 stored in the random value R1 storage area (S106-1-2). In step 105, the random value R1 is stored in the random value R1 storage area. Further, the main CPU 301 sets the winning area offset value to the initial value “00” (S106-1-3). The winning area offset value designates each winning area. The winning area offset value is updated sequentially, and a different winning area is designated each time it is updated. For example, the winning area offset value is a numerical value “00” and designates a winning area of “losing”.

  The main CPU 301 acquires the lottery value of the winning area designated by the winning area offset value (S106-1-4). For example, when the winning area lottery table in the RT0 state is set, if the winning area offset value is “00”, the lottery value “37042” is acquired.

  The main CPU 301 subtracts the lottery value acquired in step S106-1-4 from the random value R1 acquired in step S106-1-1 (S106-1-5). Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the result of subtracting the lottery value from the random value R1 is a negative number (S106-1-6). For example, in a game in the RT0 state, when a random value R1 smaller than the numerical value “37042” is acquired, the result of subtracting the lottery value “37042” of the winning area number “00” from the random value R1 is a negative number. On the other hand, when the random value R1 larger than the numerical value “37042” is acquired, the result of subtracting the lottery value of the winning area number “00” from the random value R1 does not become a negative number.

  If the main CPU 301 determines that the subtraction result is not a negative number (S106-1-6: NO), whether or not all winning areas (winning area numbers “00” to “32”) are designated by the winning area offset value. Is determined (S106-1-7). When all the winning areas have not been specified (S106-1-7: NO), the main CPU 301 updates the winning area offset value (adds a numerical value “1”) (S106-1-8), and step S106- Return the process to 1-4. In step S106-4, the lottery value of the winning area designated by the updated winning area offset value is acquired, and in step S106-1-5, the lottery value is subtracted from the previous subtraction result. In the processing from step S106-1-4 to step S106-1-8, it is determined that the calculation result is a negative number (S106-1-6: YES) or all winning areas are designated (S106-). 1-7: YES) Repeated.

  When it is determined that the calculation result is a negative number or when all winning areas are designated, the main CPU 301 executes a data storage process (S106-1-9). Specifically, the main CPU 301 stores the current winning area offset value in the winning area storage area of the main RAM 303. For example, if the winning area offset value with a negative subtraction result is “12”, the numerical value “12” is stored in the winning area storage area. Further, the main CPU 301 stores the first command corresponding to the winning area in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 in the data storage process. Note that the main CPU 301 transmits the first command stored in the command storage area to the sub-control board 400 in a command transmission process of an interrupt process described later.

  FIG. 39 is a flowchart of the spinning effect determination process. When the main CPU 301 starts the rotation effect determination process, the main CPU 301 acquires various types of information used for determining the rotation effect (S106-2-1). Specifically, the main CPU 301 acquires various types of information including the instruction state of the current game, the winning area, and the random value R2. Thereafter, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the instruction state is a normal state (S106-2-2).

  When it is determined that the instruction state is the normal state (S106-2-2: YES), the main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect of the current game from the spinning effect determination table A (S106-2-3). . Specifically, the main CPU 301 obtains each lottery value corresponding to the winning area of the current game from the rotation effect determination table A for each rotation effect, and sequentially subtracts each lottery value from the random value R2. . For example, the main CPU 301 subtracts the lottery value of each spinning effect from the random value R2 in the order of “no effect”, spinning effect A, spinning effect B, spinning effect C, and spinning effect D. The main CPU 301 repeats until the result of subtracting the lottery value from the random value R2 becomes a negative number, and determines the spinning effect where the result of subtracting the lottery value becomes a negative number.

  When it is determined that the instructed state is not the normal state (S106-2-2: NO), that is, in the AT state, the main CPU 301 determines the spinning effect of the current game from the spinning effect determination table B. (S106-2-4). After determining the spinning effect in step S106-2-3 or step S106-2-4, the main CPU 301 stores an effect type command indicating the spinning effect in the command storage area (S106-2-5). .

  After storing the effect type command, the main CPU 301 stores the rotation effect number of the rotation effect in the rotation effect number storage area (S106-2-6). Specifically, in the case of “no effect”, a numerical value “0” is stored in the spinning effect number storage area. In the case of the rotation effect A, the numerical value “1” is stored in the rotation effect number storage area, in the case of the rotation effect B, the value “2” is stored, and in the case of the rotation effect C, the value “3”. Is stored, and in the case of the spinning effect D, the numerical value “4” is stored. After storing the rotation effect number, the main CPU 301 ends the rotation effect determination process. In the present embodiment, the spinning effect table used by the main CPU 301 is changed when the instruction state shifts. However, for example, when the RT state shifts, the rotation effect table is changed. It is good also as a structure. Moreover, it is good also as a structure by which a rotation effect table is changed when stop operation is performed in a specific order.

  FIG. 40 is a flowchart of the instruction number determination process. When starting the instruction number determination process, the main CPU 301 acquires the current instruction state (S106-4-1). After acquiring the instruction state, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the instruction state is a normal state (SS106-4-2). When determining that the instruction state is the normal state (S106-4-2: YES), the main CPU 301 determines an instruction number using the instruction determination table A (S106-4-3). As described above, in the normal state, the instruction number “99” (no instruction) is determined in all winning areas. On the other hand, when it is determined that the instruction state is not the normal state (S106-4-2: NO), that is, when the instruction state is the AT state, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number using the instruction determination table B ( S106-4-4). Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “01” when the winning area of the current game is the batting order replay X1, determines the instruction number “02” when the winning area replay X2 is the batting order replay X3, In this case, the instruction number “03” is determined, the instruction number “04” is determined in the case of batting order replay X4, the instruction number “05” is determined in the case of batting order replay X5, and the instruction number “05” is determined in the case of batting order replay X6. 06 "is determined. The main CPU 301 determines the instruction number “07” when the winning area of the current game is the batting order replay Y1 or the batting order bell L, and the instruction number “08” when the winning area is the batting order replay Y2 or the batting order bell C. When the winning area is the batting order replay Y3 or batting order bell R, the instruction number “09” is decided.

  After determining the instruction number in step S106-4-3 or step S106-4-4, the main CPU 301 stores the instruction number in the instruction number storage area. The instruction number storage area is stored in the main RAM 303, for example. The main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information corresponding to the instruction number stored in the instruction number storage area in the LED display process of the interrupt process described later. The main CPU 301 transmits a second command indicating the instruction number stored in the instruction number storage area in the command transmission process of the interrupt process. After storing the instruction number, the main CPU 301 ends the instruction number determination process.

  FIG. 41 is a flowchart of wait processing. The main CPU 301 executes the wait process until the spinning period execution period or the wait period elapses.

  When the wait process is started, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the rotation effect number in the rotation effect number storage area is “0” (S107-1). That is, it is determined whether or not “no effect” is determined in the spinning effect determination process. When the rotation effect number is “0” (S107-1: YES), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the wait timer is a numerical value “0” (S107-2). The wait timer is decremented every time an interrupt process is executed. When determining that the wait timer has not timed up (wait timer ≠ 0), the main CPU 301 repeats step S107-2 (S107-2: NO).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the wait timer has expired (S107-2: YES), the main CPU 301 newly sets the wait timer to an initial value (about 4100 ms) (S107-3). Further, the main CPU 301 stores a reel start command indicating that each reel 12 has been started in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S107-4), starts rotation of each reel 12, and ends the wait process.

  When the main CPU 301 determines in step S107-1 that the rotation effect number is other than “0”, the rotation effect number is “1” indicating the rotation effect A or the rotation effect B is “ 2 ”is determined (S107-5). When it is determined that the rotation effect number is “1” or “2” (S107-5: YES), the main CPU 301 sets 1000 sm in the rotation effect timer (S107-6).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the rotation effect number is not “1” or “2” (S107-5: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether the rotation effect number is “3” indicating the rotation effect C. Whether or not is determined (S107-7). When determining that the rotation effect number is “3” (S107-7: YES), the main CPU 301 sets 2000 sm in the rotation effect timer (S107-8). On the other hand, when it is determined that the rotation effect number is not “3” (S107-7: NO), that is, when the rotation effect number is “4” indicating the rotation effect D, the main CPU 301 determines the rotation effect number. 5000 sm is set in the effect timer (S107-9).

  When the main CPU 301 sets the rotation effect timer in step S107-6, step S107-8, and step S107-9, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the rotation effect timer is subtracted to a numerical value “0” (S107-10). . The rotation effect timer is decremented every time the interruption process is executed. When the main CPU 301 repeats step S107-10 until the spinning effect timer expires (that is, until the spinning effect ends) (S107-10: NO), and determines that the spinning effect timer has expired (S107-10: YES), the process proceeds to step S107-2.

  FIG. 42 is a flowchart of pre-stop processing. When starting the pre-stop process, the main CPU 301 sets an initial value in the acceleration wait timer (S108-1). The initial value of the acceleration weight timer is set to the length of time required for each reel 12 to accelerate to steady rotation after starting. After setting the initial value in the acceleration wait timer, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the acceleration wait timer has expired (S108-2). The main CPU 301 repeats step S108-2 until the acceleration wait timer expires (S108-2: NO). When the acceleration wait timer expires (S108-2: YES), the process proceeds to step S108-3. To do.

  In step S108-3, the main CPU 301 stores a numerical value “3” in the non-stop operation counter indicating the number of stop buttons 25 (25L, 25C, 25R) that have not been stopped. Further, the main CPU 301 performs a display combination storage area setting process (S108-4). As described above, each displayable bit in the display combination storing area corresponds to each winning combination, and is a numerical value “1” when there is a possibility that the symbol combination related to the corresponding winning combination may stop on the effective line. Therefore, in step S108-4 in which all the reels 12 are rotating, since all symbol combinations relating to all winning combinations can be stopped on the effective line, all the bits in the display combination storing area are set to the numerical value “1”. Is set.

  After the display combination storage area setting process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to the priority order storage process (S108-5). FIG. 43 is a conceptual diagram of a plurality of priority storage areas P (PL, PC, PR) set in the priority storage process. As shown in FIG. 43, the priority storage area P includes a left reel priority storage area PL corresponding to the reel 12L, a middle reel priority storage area PC corresponding to the reel 12C, and a right reel priority corresponding to the reel 12R. And a rank storage area PR. Each priority storage area P is divided into a plurality (21) of areas Q. Each area Q corresponds to each symbol position (unit area U) of the reel 12.

  When the priority order storing process is executed, the priority order of the symbols of the area Q is stored in each area Q. For example, the priority “HFF” is stored in the area Q in which a winning combination that has not been won is displayed when the active line is stopped. Further, the priority “H00” is stored in the area Q of the symbol that can be stopped on the active line, and the numerical value “H01” is stored in the area Q of the symbol constituting the winning combination.

  FIG. 44 is a flowchart of the priority order storage process. When starting the priority order storing process, the main CPU 301 stores the non-stop operation counter as the number of searches (S108-5-1). Further, the main CPU 301 determines one reel 12 among the reels 12 that have not been stopped yet as a target reel (S108-5-2).

  The main CPU 301 executes priority table selection processing (S108-5-3). The priority table defines the priority of each winning combination, and one of the plurality of priority tables is selected. For example, a game in which the winning area “batting order bells C1 to C4” (the first stop in the correct pressing order is the reel 12C) is assumed. According to the priority order table selected in the game, in the middle reel priority order storage area PC, the priority order of the “middle bell” symbol is higher than the priority order of the “upper bell” symbol. On the other hand, in the left reel priority storage area PL and the right reel priority storage area PR, the priority of the “upper bell” symbol is higher than the priority of the “middle bell” symbol. According to the above configuration, by appropriately selecting the priority order table, the symbols to be stopped on the active line change according to the stop operation order.

  After executing the priority table selection processing, the main CPU 301 stores the initial value “00” in the area pointer and the initial value “21” in the remaining area number (S108-5-4). The area pointer designates the area Q of the target reel. The remaining area number means the number of areas Q in the target reel where no priority order is stored.

  The main CPU 301 acquires a symbol code (symbol type) at the symbol position designated by the area pointer (S108-5-5). Further, the main CPU 301 determines the priority order according to the symbol code, the winning area (winning role), and the priority order table (S108-5-6). The main CPU 301 stores the determined priority order in the area Q designated by the current area pointer (S108-5-7).

  The main CPU 301 adds a numerical value “1” to the area pointer and subtracts a numerical value “1” from the remaining area number (S108-5-8). Thereafter, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the remaining area number is a numerical value “0” (S108-5-9). When determining that the remaining area number is not “0” (S108-5-9: NO), the main CPU 301 repeatedly executes steps S108-5-5 to S108-5-9. On the other hand, when it is determined that the remaining area number is “0” (S108-5-9: YES), that is, when generation of the priority order storage area of the target reel is completed, the main CPU 301 determines “ 1 "is subtracted (S108-5-10).

  After subtracting the number of searches, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the number of searches has ended (S108-5-11). If it is determined that the number of searches has not ended (S108-5-11: NO), the main CPU 301 returns the process to step S108-5-2, changes the target reel, and proceeds from step S108-5-2 to step S108-5-2. Steps S108-5-11 are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when determining that the number of searches has ended (S108-5-11: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the priority order storage process.

  FIG. 45 is a flowchart of the stop control process. The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the stop button 25 corresponding to the rotating reel 12 has been operated (S109-1). The main CPU 301 repeatedly executes step S109-1 until the stop button 25 corresponding to the rotating reel 12 is operated (S109-1: NO). On the other hand, when the stop button 25 corresponding to the rotating reel 12 is operated (S109-1: YES), the main CPU 301 sends a stop operation command indicating the type of the stop button 25 that has been stopped to a command in the main RAM 303. Store in the storage area (S109-2).

  When the stop operation command is stored, the main CPU 301 updates the stop order storage area (S109-3). Further, the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the non-stop operation counter (S109-4). The main CPU 301 sets the reel 12 corresponding to the operated stop button 25 as a stop target reel (S109-5).

  The main CPU 301 acquires the current value of the symbol counter (that is, the symbol number located on the middle line) as the stop operation position (S109-6). The main CPU 301 determines the priority order of the area Q of the stop operation position and the area Q for four frames from the next frame of the stop operation position among the areas Q of the priority order storage area of the target reel (that is, for five frames). Is obtained (S109-7). In addition, the main CPU 301 determines the frame with the highest priority among the acquired priorities for the five frames as the planned stop position, and sets the number of frames from the stop operation position to the planned stop position as the number of sliding frames ( S109-8).

  The main CPU 301 updates each bit of the display combination storing area in accordance with the symbol code of the planned stop position (that is, the type of symbol of the planned stop position) (S109-9). For example, when the reel 12L stops in the stop control process and the symbol “bell” stops on the active line, the symbol combination related to the winning combination (for example, the winning combination “middle cherries”) whose left reel symbol is not “bell” is Since there is no possibility of stopping on the active line, the bit corresponding to the winning combination among the bits of the display combination storing area is a numerical value “0”.

  After updating the display combination storing area, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the non-stop operation counter is “0” (S109-10). That the non-stop operation counter is a numerical value “0” means that the stop operation has been performed for all the reels 12. When it is determined that the non-stop operation counter is “0” (S109-10: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the stop control process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the non-stop operation counter is not “0” (S109-10: NO), the priority order storage process executed in the pre-stop process is executed (S109-11). In step S109-11, the priority order is stored in the priority order storage area P of the rotating reel 12, as in step S109-3 of the stop pre-processing. However, even if the symbols constituting the winning combination shown in the winning area of the winning area storage area, the combination of symbols related to the winning combination that is no longer displayed on the active line due to any reel 12 being stopped. The symbol is not set higher in priority than other symbols.

  After executing the priority order storage process, the main CPU 301 returns the process to step S109-1. The main CPU 301 repeats the processing from step S109-1 to step 109-11 until a stop operation is performed on all the reels 12, that is, until it is determined that the non-stop operation counter is “0”. Run. When it is determined that the non-stop operation counter is “0” (S109-10: YES), the main CPU 301 ends the reel stop control process.

  FIG. 46 is a flowchart of the display determination process (S110). When the display determination process is started, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the symbol combination related to the winning combination stopped on the active line is a symbol combination related to the winning combination permitted to stop on the active line in the game. (S110-1). Specifically, in step S110-1, the main CPU 301 grants display permission corresponding to the winning combination for the winning combination corresponding to the displayable bit set to “1” among the displayable bits in the display combination storing area. It is determined whether or not the bit is set to “1”. When the display permission bit corresponding to the displayable bit of the numerical value “1” is set to “0”, the main CPU 301 determines that an illegal winning has occurred.

  When the main CPU 301 determines that an illegal winning has occurred (S110-1: YES), the main CPU 301 stores an illegal winning command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S110-2), and shifts to an illegal winning error process to play the game. Prohibit progress. When the illegal winning error process is executed, for example, the power button 511 is turned off and then turned on again, and the main CPU 301 is caused to execute the startup process and the setting change process to set a normal set value. It becomes possible to play.

  When it is determined that the symbol combination related to the winning combination permitted to stop on the active line is stopped (S110-1: NO), the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the symbol combination related to replay is stopped on the active line. Determine (S110-3). When it is determined that the symbol combination valid line related to the replay is stopped (S110-3: YES), the main CPU 301 sets the regame operating flag to the ON state (S110-4), and issues a regame command. The data is stored in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S110-5), and the display determination process is terminated. The replay command indicates that the symbol combination related to the replay is stopped on the active line.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the symbol combination related to replay is not stopped on the active line (S110-3: NO), the main CPU 301 sets the re-game in-operation flag to the OFF state (S110-6), and wins a prize. It is determined whether or not the symbol combination related to the winning combination is stopped on the active line (S110-7). When it is determined that the symbol combination related to the winning combination is stopped on the active line (S110-7: YES), the main CPU 301 stores the winning combination command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S110-8). . The winning winning combination command indicates the type of symbol combination related to the winning winning combination aligned with the active line.

  The main CPU 301 adds the number of medals according to the type of symbol combination related to the winning winning combination stopped on the active line to the number of credits (S110-9). After adding the number of credits, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the result of addition is larger than the numerical value “50” which is the upper limit value of the number of credits (S110-10). When the number of credits is larger than “50” (S110-10: YES), the number of medals exceeding the upper limit of the number of credits (for example, the numerical value “5” when the addition result of step S110-9 is “55”). ") Is set in the medal request counter (S110-11). After setting the number of medals in the medal request counter, the main CPU 301 proceeds to hopper driving processing. On the other hand, when the number of credits is “50” or less (S110-10: NO), the main CPU 301 ends the display determination process.

  When the main CPU 301 determines in step S110-7 that the symbol combination related to the winning combination is not stopped on the active line (S110-7: NO), the symbol combination related to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line. It is determined whether or not (S110-12). If it is determined that the symbol combination related to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line (S110-12: YES), the main CPU 301 stores the bonus combination command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S110-13). The bonus combination command indicates that the symbol combination related to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed on the active line. After storing the bonus combination command, the main CPU 301 ends the display determination process.

  If the main CPU 301 determines in step S110-12 that the symbol combination related to the bonus combination has not stopped on the active line (S110-12: NO), the main CPU 301 stores the display error command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 ( S110-14). The losing display command indicates that the symbol combination related to the winning combination is not stopped on the active line. In the present embodiment, a replay command, a winning winning combination command, a lose display command, and a bonus winning command are collectively referred to as a display winning combination command.

  FIG. 47 is a flowchart of the hopper driving process. The hopper driving process is executed when the payout request counter is set in the display determination process or the settlement operation acceptance process of the pre-game start process. When the hopper driving process is started, the main CPU 301 stores a payout start command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 (S120). The payout start command indicates the start of the medal discharge in the hopper 520. Further, the main CPU 301 sets an initial value in the payout period monitoring timer (S121). The payout period monitoring timer expires when a predetermined time length (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed since the start of the hopper driving process.

  The main CPU 301 starts outputting a hopper drive signal (S122). In the period when the hopper driving signal is output, medals are sequentially discharged from the hopper 520. After starting the output of the hopper drive signal, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the payout period monitoring timer has expired (S123). When the main CPU 301 determines that the payout period monitoring timer has expired (S123: YES), the main CPU 301 stores an error command in the command storage area (S124), and proceeds to hopper empty error processing. In the above configuration, the main CPU 301 shifts to the hopper empty error process when the discharge request counter number of medals has not been discharged from the start of the hopper driving process to the time out of the payout period monitoring timer, Prohibit the progress of the game. When the hopper empty error process is executed, for example, the process returns to the hopper drive process on condition that the reset button 512 is operated.

  The main CPU 301 determines whether or not a payout signal from the hopper 520 has been detected (S125). As described above, the payout signal is output from the payout sensor 112SE each time one medal is paid out from the hopper 520. The main CPU 301 repeatedly executes step S123 and step S125 until it is determined that a payout signal has been detected (S125: NO).

  When determining that the payout signal has been detected (S125: YES), the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the payout request counter (S126). Thereafter, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the payout request counter has been subtracted to a numerical value “0” (S127). If the main CPU 301 determines that the payout request counter has been subtracted to the numerical value “0” (S127: YES), the main CPU 301 stops outputting the hopper drive signal (S128), and stores the payout end command in the command storage area of the main RAM 303. (S129). For example, the sub-control board 400 starts outputting a payout sound effect when receiving a payout start command from the main CPU 301 and stops outputting a payout effect sound when receiving a payout end command. When the main CPU 301 stores the payout end command, the main CPU 301 ends the hopper driving process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the payout request counter is not “0” (S127: NO), the main CPU 301 repeatedly executes step S123 to step 127.

  FIG. 48 is a flowchart of the game state transition process. When the game state transition process is started, the main CPU 301 executes the RT state transition process (S111-1). In the RT state transition process, the main CPU 301 transitions to the RT state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the RT1 transition symbol has stopped at the active line in the RT state transition processing. As described above, the RT1 transition symbol stops at the active line when the upper bell is missed. When the main CPU 301 determines that the RT1 transition symbol has stopped on the active line, the main CPU 301 transitions to the RT1 state. Note that when the RT1 transition symbol stops at the valid line in the RT1 state, the RT state is not changed. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the RT2 transition symbol is stopped on the active line in the RT state transition processing. When the main CPU 301 determines that the RT2 transition symbol has stopped at the active line, the main CPU 301 changes the RT state to the RT2 state. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the RT3 transition symbol is stopped on the active line in the RT state transition processing. When the main CPU 301 determines that the RT3 transition symbol has stopped on the active line, the main CPU 301 changes the RT state to the RT3 state. Further, the main CPU 301 determines in the RT state transition process whether or not the bonus operation state end condition is satisfied in the current game. When determining that the bonus operation state end condition is satisfied, the main CPU 301 changes the RT state to the RT0 state.

  After the RT state transition process, the main CPU 301 executes a bonus state transition process (S111-2). In the bonus state transition process, the main CPU 301 ends or starts the bonus operation state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the symbol combination related to the bonus combination has been stopped on the active line in the bonus state transition processing. When it is determined that the symbol combination related to the bonus combination has stopped on the active line, the main CPU 301 shifts to the bonus operating state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 turns on the bonus operation flag stored in the game state storage area of the main RAM 303. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the bonus operation state end condition is satisfied in the current game in the bonus state transition processing. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the total number of medals paid out in the bonus operating state has reached 297. When determining that the bonus operation state end condition is satisfied, the main CPU 301 sets the bonus operation flag to the OFF state.

  After the bonus state transition process, the main CPU 301 executes an instruction state transition process (S111-3). In the instruction state transition process, the main CPU 301 transitions the instruction state. Specifically, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the current instruction state is the first precursor state in the instruction state transition process. When determining that the state is the first precursor state, the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the first precursor counter. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the result of subtracting the first precursor counter is a numerical value “0”. When the main CPU 301 determines that the first precursor counter has been subtracted to the numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag to a value indicating the start preparation state. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the current instruction state is the second precursor state in the instruction state transition process. When determining that the state is the second precursor state, the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the second precursor counter. The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the result of subtracting the second precursor counter is a numerical value “0”. When determining that the second precursor counter has been subtracted to the numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag to a value indicating the bonus notification state.

  In the instruction state transition process, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the instruction state is a start preparation state. When determining that it is in the start preparation state, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the RT3 transition symbol (RT3 transition replay) is stopped and displayed on the active line. When determining that the RT3 transition symbol is stopped and displayed on the active line, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag to a value indicating the AT state. Further, the main CPU 301 determines whether or not the instruction state is the AT state in the instruction state transition process. When determining that the state is in the AT state, the main CPU 301 subtracts the numerical value “1” from the AT counter and determines whether or not the subtraction result is the numerical value “0”. When determining that the AT counter is the numerical value “0”, the main CPU 301 changes the instruction state flag to a value indicating the normal state.

  FIG. 49 is a flowchart of the interrupt process. As described above, the main CPU 301 executes an interrupt process every 1.49 ms during the period when the game control process is being executed.

  When starting the interrupt process, the main CPU 301 saves data in various registers (S201). Thereafter, the main CPU 301 executes an input port reading process (S202). In the input port reading process, the main CPU 301 reads various signals input to the I / F circuit 305. Specifically, the main CPU 301 reads ON signals from the start switch 24SW, each stop switch 25SW, the medal sensor 34SE, the settlement switch 23SW, and the like in the input port reading process. The main CPU 301 sets the detection flag of the sensor and switch that has read the ON signal to the ON state.

  The main CPU 301 executes a timer measurement process (S203). In the timer measurement process, the main CPU 301 subtracts a predetermined value from various timers. In the timer measurement process, the main CPU 301 subtracts, for example, a payout period monitoring timer set in the hopper drive process, a spinning effect production timer set in the wait process, and a wait timer.

  The main CPU 301 selects a drive target reel from the rotating reels (S204), and executes a drive control process (S205) for the drive target reel. In the drive control process, the main CPU 301 outputs a drive pulse to the stepping motor of the drive target reel. When a drive pulse is input, the excitation pattern of the stepping motor is switched.

  The main CPU 301 determines whether or not the drive control processing for all the reels 12 has been executed (S206). When it is determined that the drive control processing for all the reels 12 has not been executed (S206: NO), the main CPU 301 repeats step S204 and step S205. On the other hand, when it is determined that the drive control process for all the reels 12 has been executed (S206: YES), the main CPU 301 proceeds to the external signal output process (S207).

  The main CPU 301 outputs a predetermined signal to the outside of the gaming machine 1 in the external signal output process. For example, when the setting change process is started, the main CPU 301 outputs a signal indicating the start of the setting change process to the outside of the gaming machine 1.

 The main CPU 301 drives various lamps in the LED display process (S208). For example, the main CPU 301 displays the BET lamp 14 in a manner indicated by the BET lamp display data generated by the game control process. In addition, in the LED display process, the main CPU 301 turns on the re-game display lamp 18 when the re-game operating flag is set to the ON state. Further, the main CPU 301 causes the stored number display unit 17 to display the number of credits in the LED display process. Further, the main CPU 301 causes the instruction display 16 to display instruction information corresponding to the instruction number determined in the instruction number determination process in the LED display process.

  After the LED display process, the main CPU 301 proceeds to a command transmission process (S209). As described above, various commands are stored in the command storage area of the main RAM 303 in the game control process. The command stored in the command storage area is transmitted to the sub control board 400 in the command transmission process.

  After the command transmission process, the main CPU 301 executes a register restoration process (S210), and restores the data saved in step S210 to the register. When the register return process is executed, the main CPU 301 returns the process to step S of the game control process that was executed when the interrupt process was started.

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FIG. 50 is a flowchart of the sub activation process of the sub CPU 412. The sub CPU 412 executes a sub activation process when a reset signal is input from the reset circuit. The reset circuit outputs a reset signal when the power supply voltage supplied to the sub-control board 400 exceeds a predetermined threshold. That is, for example, when the supply of the power supply voltage to the sub control board 400 is started, the sub activation process is executed.

  When the sub activation process is started, the sub CPU 412 executes an activation initialization process (S301). In the sub activation process, various registers of the sub control board 400 are initialized, and initial values are set in various counters of the sub RAM 414.

  In the sub activation process, the sub CPU 412 determines whether there is a backup abnormality in the sub RAM 414. If the backup is abnormal, the sub CPU 412 initializes the backup data. Further, the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the data stored in various ROMs including the CGROM 424 is appropriate in the startup initialization process. For example, data stored at a specific address in each ROM is read to determine whether or not the data is appropriate. When an abnormality is found in various ROMs, the sub CPU 412 shifts to predetermined error processing.

  In the sub activation process, the sub CPU 412 activates the lamp control task (S302), activates the main control board communication task (S303), activates the effect button input task (S304), activates the image control board communication task (S305), The master volume control task is activated (S306) and the acoustic control task is activated (S307).

  51, 52 and 58 to 61 are flowcharts of each task activated in the sub activation process. The sub CPU 412 controls various lamps including the side lamp 5 and the effect lamp 28 by the lamp control task shown in FIG. Further, the sub CPU 412 receives a command from the main control board 300 in the main control board communication task shown in FIG. 52, accepts the operation of the effect button 26 and the direction designation button 27 in the effect button input task shown in FIG. A command is transmitted to the image control board 420 by the image control board communication task 59. Further, the sub CPU 412 accepts the adjustment operation in the master volume control task shown in FIG. 60 and changes the master volume. Further, the sub CPU 412 transmits a sound control command X to the image control CPU 421 in the acoustic control task shown in FIG.

  A timer interrupt signal is input to the sub CPU 412 at predetermined time intervals. When receiving the timer interrupt signal, the sub CPU 412 executes one of the tasks. That is, each peripheral device including various lamps and speakers (31, 32) is controlled in a time division manner.

  FIG. 51 is a flowchart of a lamp control task. When starting the lamp control task, the sub CPU 412 initializes data for controlling various lamps (S302-1). When the sub CPU 412 initializes various data, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a lamp data analysis process (S302-2). The lamp data is data indicating blinking patterns of various lamps. For example, a time series (300 ms lighting → 300 ms off → 300 ms lighting →...) Of data indicating the time to turn on a specific lamp and data indicating the time to turn off a specific lamp can be adopted as the lamp data.

  In the lamp control process (S302-3), the sub CPU 412 controls a specific lamp in a manner specified by the lamp data. The lamp data analysis process and the lamp effect execution process are repeatedly executed until a timer interrupt signal is input.

  FIG. 52 is a flowchart of the main control board communication task. When the main control board communication task is started, the sub CPU 412 executes a communication start pre-process (S303-1) for initializing a predetermined storage area such as the sub RAM 414. After executing the pre-communication process, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a received command check process (S303-2). In the received command check process, the content of the command received from the main control board 300 is checked.

  The sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the command checked in the current received command check process is different from the command checked in the previous received command check process (S303-3). That is, in step S303-3, the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the command from the main control board 300 has changed. The sub CPU 412 repeatedly executes step S303-3 until the command from the main control board 300 changes (S303-3: NO). If the command from the main control board 300 has changed (S303-3: YES), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to command analysis processing (S303-4).

  After executing the command analysis process, the sub CPU 412 executes a game information update process (S303-5). In the game information update process, the sub CPU 412 updates the game information according to the command received from the main control board 300. The game information is, for example, various information including the remaining number of games in the AT state. Each game information is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 30, for example. In step S303-5, the sub CPU 412 executes any one of a plurality of types of game information update processing. Specifically, the sub CPU 412 executes a game information update process corresponding to the type of command received from the main control board 300 among a plurality of types of game information update processes. For example, when receiving the display winning combination command, the sub CPU 412 executes a game information update process for updating the remaining number of games in the AT state. After updating the game information, the sub CPU 412 returns the process to step S303-2, and repeats the processes from step S303-2 to step S303-5 until the next timer interrupt signal is input.

  FIG. 53 is a flowchart of command analysis processing. When starting the command analysis process, the sub CPU 412 executes an effect control process (S401). As will be described later, the sub CPU 412 determines an effect to be executed by the gaming machine 1, for example, in the effect control process. After executing the effect control process, the sub CPU 412 determines lamp data corresponding to the effect (S402), and stores the determined lamp data in the sub RAM 414 (S403).

  FIG. 54 is a flowchart of the effect control process. When starting the effect control process, the sub CPU 412 determines whether the command received from the main control board 300 is a setting change start command or a setting value command (S401-1). When it is determined that the command received from the main control board 300 is a setting change start command or a setting value command (S401-1: YES), the sub CPU 412 shifts the processing to a setting change start / end process (S401-2). To do.

  Specifically, when it is determined that a setting change start command has been received, the sub CPU 412 notifies that the setting change process is being executed. For example, the sub CPU 412 displays a message “setting is being changed” on the liquid crystal display device 30 and causes the image control CPU 421 to reproduce the sound of the message. If it is determined that the set value command has been received (that is, when the setting change process has ended), the sub CPU 412 stores the set value indicated by the set value command in the sub RAM 414 and ends the notification of the setting change process. . After executing the setting change start / end process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  When it is determined that the command received from the main control board 300 is not a setting change start command or a setting value command (S401-1: NO), the sub CPU 412 has received an insertion-related command (automatic insertion command, medal insertion command). Whether or not (S401-3). When it is determined that the input related command has been received (S401-3: YES), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to the processing related to the input of the input related command (S401-4). In the insertion-related command reception process, the sub CPU 412 generates an effect when a medal is inserted, for example. Also, the sub CPU 412 turns on the input sound reproduction request flag. After executing the process related to receiving the insertion-related command, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  When the sub CPU 412 determines that the received command is not the input related command (S401-3: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not a settlement operation command has been received (S401-5). When it is determined that a settlement operation command has been received (S401-5: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a settlement operation command reception process (S401-6). In the settlement operation command reception process, the sub CPU 412 notifies that the medal settlement is being executed. The sub CPU 412 displays, for example, a message “Checkout in progress” on the liquid crystal display device 30 in the process upon receipt of the payment operation command. After executing the payment operation command reception process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  When the sub CPU 412 determines that the received command is not a settlement operation command (S401-5: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether a start operation command has been received (S401-7). If it is determined that the start operation command has been received (S401-7: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a start operation time process (S401-8). In the start operation process, the sub CPU 412 executes various processes including the effect determination process, and stores the effect control command Y for designating each effect determined in the effect determination process in the subcommand storage area. After executing the start operation process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  When determining that the received command is not a start operation command (S401-7: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether a reel start command has been received (S401-9). When it is determined that the reel start command has been received (S401-9: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a reel start command reception process (S401-10). In the reel start command reception process, for example, the sub CPU 412 turns on the reproduction request flag of the start sound (normal start sound, special start sound) of each reel 12. After executing the reel start command reception process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  When determining that the received command is not a reel start command (S401-9: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether a stop operation command has been received (S401-11). When it is determined that the stop operation command has been received (S401-11: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a stop operation time process (S401-12). In the stop operation process, for example, the reproduction request flag for the stop sound of the reel 12 is turned ON. Further, the sub CPU 412 transmits an operation command indicating that a stop operation has been performed to the image control CPU 421. After executing the stop operation time process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  If the sub CPU 412 determines that the received command is not a stop operation acceptance command (S401-11: NO), whether or not a display winning combination command (re-game command, winning winning combination command or lose display command) has been received. Is determined (S401-13). If it is determined that the display winning combination command has been received (S401-13: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a display winning combination command reception process (S401-14). In the process for receiving the display winning combination command, for example, the sub CPU 412 turns on the replay sound reproduction request flag.

  If the sub CPU 412 determines that the received command is not a display winning combination command (S401-13: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether a payout start command or a payout end command has been received (S401-15). If it is determined that a payout start command or payout end command has been received (S401-15: YES), the sub CPU 412 executes a payout sound control process (S401-16). For example, when the sub CPU 412 receives a payout start command, the sub CPU 412 turns on a payout sound reproduction request flag for notifying medal discharge. When the payout end command is received, the sub CPU 412 stores a sound control command instructing stop of the payout sound in the subcommand storage area. After executing the payout sound control process, the sub CPU 412 ends the effect control process.

  FIG. 55 is a flowchart of the image control board communication task. When starting the image control board communication task, the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the non-game timer has expired (S305-1). The non-game timer expires when the non-game state continues for a predetermined time after the previous game ends. Specifically, the non-game timer is set to an initial value when the previous game ends, and is subtracted at predetermined time intervals during the non-game period. For example, the non-game timer is timed up when the non-game period continues for one minute after the previous game ends. Further, the non-game timer is provided in the sub RAM 414, for example.

  When the sub CPU 412 determines that the non-game timer has expired (S305-1: YES), the sub CPU 412 stores the demonstration display command in the subcommand storage area (S305-2). When receiving a demonstration display command, the image control board (image control CPU 421) 420 displays a demonstration image on the liquid crystal display device 30. When sound (for example, background music) is being played when the demonstration display command is received, the image control CPU 421 sets the sound volume to “0”. Further, the sub CPU 412 turns off various lamps during a period in which the demonstration image is displayed. After storing the demonstration display command, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to command transmission processing (S305-3). If it is determined that the non-game timer has not expired (S305-1: NO), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to the effect control command transmission process without storing the demonstration display command.

  In the command transmission process, the sub CPU 412 transmits the sound control command X and the effect control command Y stored in the sub command storage area to the image control board 420. When receiving the sound control command X, the image control CPU 421 transmits a sound output request command Z corresponding to the sound control command X to the sound source IC 431. Further, when receiving the effect control command Y, the image control CPU 421 displays an image corresponding to the effect control command Y on the liquid crystal display device 30. Furthermore, the image control CPU 421 determines the effect sound according to the effect control command Y, and transmits a sound output request command Z instructing the reproduction of the effect sound to the sound source IC 431. After completing the command transmission process, the sub CPU 412 ends the image control board communication task. The image control board communication task may receive a command from the image control board 420.

  FIG. 56 is a flowchart of the master volume control task. In the master volume control task, the sub CPU 412 changes (adjusts) the master volume according to the state of the volume adjustment switch 44 (for example, the operation position of the dip switch). In addition, the sub CPU 412 receives an operation (adjustment operation) of the direction designation button 27 and changes the master volume during the display period of the volume adjustment image. Since the volume adjustment switch 44 is provided inside the gaming machine 1, in principle, the player cannot operate it. On the other hand, the direction designation button 27 is provided outside the gaming machine 1 and can be operated by the player. Therefore, the player can perform an adjustment operation.

  When the master volume control task is started, the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not a master volume reset condition is satisfied (S306-1). The master volume reset conditions can be set as appropriate. A configuration for resetting is preferable. If it is determined that the master volume reset condition is not satisfied (S306-1: NO), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a volume adjustment switch monitoring process (S306-2). In the volume adjustment switch monitoring process, the sub CPU 412 changes the master volume according to the state of the volume adjustment switch 44.

  If it is determined that the master volume reset condition is satisfied (S306-1: YES), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a master volume reset process (S306-3). In the master volume reset process, the sub CPU 412 resets the master volume. Specifically, in the master volume reset process, an initial value corresponding to the state of the volume adjustment switch 44 is set as the master volume. The volume adjustment switch 44 of the present embodiment can be operated in a state in which a numerical value “1” is designated as a master volume, a state in which a numerical value “3” is designated, and a state in which a numerical value “5” is designated. Therefore, any one of the numerical values “1”, “3”, and “5” is set as the initial value of the master volume. However, it may not be reset depending on the master volume just before the reset.

  Hereinafter, the master volume designated by the volume adjustment switch 44 is referred to as “hard volume”. As described above, even when the volume adjustment switch 44 is not operated, the player can change the master volume by operating the direction designation button 27. In the above case, the actual master volume and the hard volume may be different. For example, the actual master volume can be set to the numerical value “4” by operating the direction designation button 27 while maintaining the hard volume at the numerical value “3”.

  When the master volume immediately before the master volume reset process is smaller than the hard volume, the sub CPU 412 resets the master volume to the hard volume. For example, when the master volume immediately before reset is “2” and the hardware volume is “3”, the master volume is reset to “3”. On the other hand, the sub CPU 412 does not reset the master volume when the master volume immediately before the master volume reset process is larger than the hard volume. For example, when the master volume is “4” and the hardware volume is “3”, the master volume is maintained at “4”. After executing the volume adjustment switch monitoring process or the master volume reset process, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to the volume adjustment process (S306-4). In the volume adjustment process, the sub CPU 412 receives the adjustment operation and adjusts the master volume. The volume adjustment process is repeatedly executed until an interrupt for shifting to another task occurs.

  FIG. 57A is a flowchart of the acoustic control task. When the sub CPU 412 starts the sound control task, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a sound reproduction start process (S307-1). In the sound reproduction start process, when there is a system sound reproduction request, the sub CPU 412 generates a sound control command X (E, S) instructing reproduction of the system sound and stores it in the subcommand storage area.

  After the sound reproduction start process, the sub CPU 412 proceeds to a sound control command transmission process (S307-2). In the sound control command transmission process, the sub CPU 412 transmits the sound control command X generated in the sound reproduction start process to the image control CPU 421. The sub CPU 412 repeatedly executes the sound reproduction start process and the sound control command transmission process until an interrupt for executing another task occurs.

  FIG. 57B is a flowchart of the sound reproduction start process. When the sound reproduction start process is started, the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the error sound reproduction request flag is in an ON state (S307-1-1). If the sub CPU 412 determines that the error sound reproduction request flag is in the ON state (S307-1-1: YES), the sub CPU 412 generates error sound sound data (the warning sound of the phrase number “00” and the phrase number “01”). (Calling voice) is designated (S307-1-2). Further, the sub CPU 412 generates a sound control command XE for reproducing the designated sound data and stores it in the sub command storage area (S307-1-3).

  If it is determined that the error sound reproduction request flag is not in the ON state (S307-1-1: NO), the sub CPU 412 determines whether or not the reproduction request flag for system sounds other than the error sound is in the ON state. (S307-1-4). When determining that the system sound reproduction request flag is not in the ON state (S307-1-4: NO), the sub CPU 412 ends the sound reproduction start process. On the other hand, if it is determined that the system sound reproduction request flag is in the ON state (S307-1-4: YES), the sub CPU 412 determines the sound data (phrase number) of the system sound whose reproduction request flag is in the ON state. (S307-1-5), the channel ch for reproducing the system sound is designated (S307-1-6). Specifically, in step S307, any channel ch of the second channel group GB (ch3 to ch15) is designated. Thereafter, the sub CPU 412 designates the output volume of the system sound (S307-1-7). The sub CPU 412 generates a sound control command XS for instructing the reproduction of the system sound requested to be reproduced (S307-1-8).

  The above is the acoustic control task of the sub CPU 412. Similar to the sub CPU 412, the image control CPU 421 executes an acoustic control task at predetermined time intervals. The image control CPU 421 generates a sound output request command Z in the acoustic control task, and transmits the sound output request command Z to the sound source IC 431.

  FIG. 58 is a flowchart of the sound control task of the image control CPU 421. When the sound control task is started, the image control CPU 421 performs an operation command (for example, a command indicating that a stop operation has been performed in a speech effect) indicating that a game operation has been performed as a trigger for generating an effect sound or an effect control command Y. Is determined (S801). If it is determined that the above commands have not been received (S801: NO), the sub CPU 412 proceeds to channel information update processing (S803). On the other hand, if it is determined that the above-described commands have been received (S801: YES), the image control CPU 421 proceeds to effect sound determination processing (S802). In the effect sound determination process, the image control CPU 421 analyzes a command from the sub CPU 412 and determines sound data (phrase number) to be reproduced according to the command. The image control CPU 421 determines the output volume of the sound data in the effect sound determination process. After executing the effect sound determination process, the image control CPU 421 proceeds to the channel information update process.

  In the channel information update process, the image control CPU 421 updates each channel information in the channel information table. Specifically, when the sound control command X is received, the image control CPU 421 updates the channel information of the channel ch specified by the sound control command X in the channel information update process. For example, it is assumed that a medal insertion sound is designated as sound data, a channel ch3 is designated in the second channel group GB, and a sound control command X that designates an output volume “100” is received. In the above case, the channel information state of channel ch3 is updated to “play”, the phrase number is updated to “n + 05” indicating the input sound, and the output volume is updated to the numerical value “100”.

  Further, the image control CPU 421 reproduces the effect sound determined in the effect sound determination process described above in any channel ch of the third channel group GC in the channel information update process. As described above, the channel ch for reproducing the effect sound is appropriately determined by the image control CPU 421. The image control CPU 421 updates channel information of the channel ch for reproducing the effect sound. For example, a case is assumed where a blowing sound effect is reproduced as sound data with a volume “100” in the channel ch39. In the above case, the channel information state of channel ch 39 is updated to “play”, the phrase number is updated to “m + 01” indicating the blowing sound effect, and the output volume is updated to the numerical value “100”.

  Further, the image control CPU 421 executes a process for changing the output volume of each sound being reproduced in the channel information update process. For example, when the sound control command XE is received, the image control CPU 421 changes the output volume of each channel ch of the second channel group GB and the third channel group GC to a numerical value “0”. Also, for example, when receiving a sound control command XS instructing to play back a specific sound effect, the image control CPU 421 fades out the background music being played back, so that the fade timer of the channel ch playing the background music is used. Set the initial value. Further, the image control CPU 421 sets an initial value to the fade timer of the channel ch playing the background music in order to fade in the background music when the reproduction of the above-described sound effect ends.

  After completing the channel information update process, the image control CPU 421 proceeds to a fade timer subtraction process (S804). In the fade timer subtraction process, the image control CPU 421 subtracts the fade timer when the fade timer of each channel ch is larger than the numerical value “0”. Further, the image control CPU 421 subtracts (fades out) or adds (fades in) the volume of the channel ch obtained by subtracting the fade timer. In each fade timer subtraction process, the added value and subtracted value of the volume of each channel ch are appropriately determined according to the volume before the fade, the volume after the fade, and the initial value of the fade timer.

  After completing the fade timer subtraction process, the image control CPU 421 proceeds to a sound output request command transmission process (S805). The image control CPU 421 transmits a sound output request command Z to the sound source IC 431 by sound output request command transmission processing. The sound output request command Z transmitted in the sound output request command transmission process indicates each channel information updated in the current acoustic control task. The sound source IC 431 reproduces each sound on each channel ch according to each channel information designated by the sound output request command Z.

Second Embodiment
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In addition, about the element in which an effect | action and a function are equivalent to 1st Embodiment in each form illustrated below, the code | symbol referred by description of 1st Embodiment is diverted, and each detailed description is abbreviate | omitted suitably.

  In the second embodiment, a serif effect Z is executed in addition to the serif effect X and the serif effect Y. FIGS. 59 (a-1) and 59 (a-2) are diagrams for explaining the serif effect Z in the second embodiment. The line production Z is different from the line production X and the line production Y of the first embodiment in that the reproduction of the line sound is started at a plurality of occasions. Specifically, in the speech production X in the first embodiment, the speech sound A is reproduced in response to the first stop operation, and in the speech production Y, the speech sound B is reproduced in response to the third stop operation. In the speech effect Z, the speech sound A is reproduced when triggered by the first stop operation, and then the speech sound B is reproduced when triggered by the third stop operation.

  In a game in which the line effect Z is executed, the character image ZA and the blow-out image image ZC are liquid crystal substantially at the same time as the game start operation, as in the game in which the line effect X is executed (see FIG. 25 (a-1)). It is displayed on the screen of the display device 30. In addition, the blowing sound effect is reproduced substantially simultaneously with the game start operation.

  FIG. 59A-1 is a simulation diagram of the screen of the liquid crystal display device 30 when the first stop operation is performed in the speech effect Z. FIG. As shown in FIG. 59 (a-1), in the speech production Z, the character string of the speech voice A of the speech production Z is displayed in the balloon graphic image ZC substantially simultaneously with the first stop operation. Further, as described above, in the speech production Z, the playback of the speech audio A is started with the first stop operation. FIG. 59 (a-1) shows a specific example in which the speech voice A4 (see FIG. 24) is reproduced.

  FIG. 59A-2 is a simulation diagram of an image of the liquid crystal display device 30 when the third stop operation is performed in the line effect Z. As shown in FIG. 59 (a-2), in the line effect Z, the character icon image ZB is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display device 30 almost simultaneously with the third stop operation. Further, in the speech effect Z, the balloon graphic image ZC is displayed near the left side of the character graphic image ZB in a front view, and the character string of the speech voice B of the speech graphic Z is displayed in the balloon graphic image ZC. Further, as described above, in the speech production Z, the playback of the speech sound B is started in response to the third stop operation. FIG. 59 (a-2) shows a specific example in which the speech voice B2 is reproduced.

  By the way, in the configuration in which a plurality of speech sounds are played in one game, depending on the time length of each speech sound and the time interval of the stop operation, a part of each speech sound (for example, the last speech of the previous speech) The first of later voices) may be mixed. When a plurality of speech sounds are mixed, there may be a problem that it becomes difficult to hear one speech sound with the other speech sound. In consideration of the above circumstances, the time when the speech sound A is started to be reproduced in the speech production Z of the second embodiment and the time when the speech sound B is started are set so that the speech sounds are difficult to mix. Is done. Hereinafter, the reproduction start time of the speech sound A and the speech sound B in the speech production Z will be described in detail.

  FIG. 59B is a diagram for describing a specific example of a period in which each speech sound (A, B) is reproduced in the speech effect Z of the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 59 (b), the speech A of the speech effect Z is started to be played substantially simultaneously with the first stop operation (immediately after the first stop operation). The speech sound A ends when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of reproduction. In addition, as shown in FIG. 59 (b), the speech sound B of the speech effect Z is started to be played substantially simultaneously with the third stop operation. In the above configuration, the speech sound A is started to be reproduced at the time of the first stop operation, the second stop operation is thereafter performed, and the speech sound B is started to be reproduced at the subsequent third stop operation. That is, a specific game operation (third stop operation) between a game operation (first stop operation) in which the speech voice A is started to be played and a game operation (second stop operation) in which the speech voice B is started to be played back. In other words,

  FIG. 59 (c) is a diagram for describing a specific example of a period in which each speech sound (B, C) is reproduced in the comparative speech production. In the comparative example, the playback of the speech sound A is started when the first stop operation is performed, and the playback of the speech sound C is started when the second stop operation is performed. The speech sound C is reproduced for a predetermined length of time from the time of the second stop operation.

  The time length from the first stop operation to the second stop operation is shorter than the time length from the first stop operation to the third stop operation. Accordingly, in contrast to the case where the speech sound A is reproduced by the second stop operation immediately after the speech sound A is reproduced by the first stop operation, the comparison is made with the second embodiment in which the speech sound B is reproduced by the third stop operation. Thus, there are many cases where the speech A is not finished at the start of playback of the subsequent speech. That is, in the comparative example, it is easier to mix the preceding speech and the subsequent speech compared to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the speech sound A is played back when triggered by the first stop operation, and the speech speech B is played back when triggered by the third stop operation. Therefore, the speech speech A follows, as compared with the above-described comparison. The inconvenience of mixing with speech is suppressed. However, a speech effect may be provided in which the speech playback is started by the first stop operation and the second stop operation.

  Also in the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the speech sound of the current game is stopped when the speech effect is executed in the next game, and when the speech effect is not executed in the next game. Playback continues. Therefore, the inconvenience that a plurality of serif effects are mixed is suppressed while suppressing the inconvenience that each speech is not reproduced to the end. In the line production Z of the second embodiment, plural types (two types) of line sound are reproduced. Therefore, for example, the fun of the serif effect is improved as compared with a configuration in which only one type of serif sound is reproduced in the serif effect. It should be noted that in the case of a serif effect (for example, serif effect Z) in which a plurality of serif sounds are reproduced, if the time length of the preceding serif voice is relatively long, a case where the preceding serif voice and the subsequent serif voice are mixed is assumed. The In the above case, the preceding speech may be stopped when the playback of the subsequent speech is started (during the third stop operation).

<Modification>
Each of the above forms can be variously modified. Specific modifications are exemplified below. Two or more aspects arbitrarily selected from the following examples can be appropriately combined.

(1) In each of the above forms, when a line effect is executed in the current game, the sound of the line effect in the previous game is stopped at the start of the current game. However, even if the line production is executed in the current game, the sound of the line production in the previous game may not be stopped at the start of the current game under specific conditions. For example, when a specific dialogue production is executed in the previous game, even if a dialogue production is executed in the current game, the sound of the specific dialogue production may not be stopped at the start of the current game. .

(2) In each of the above embodiments, the speech sound is reproduced with the first stop operation or the third stop operation as a trigger. However, the speech sound may be reproduced with another trigger. For example, it is good also as a structure by which a speech sound is reproduced | regenerated with the start operation of a game. In the above configuration, the blowing sound effect may be omitted in the speech effect in which the speech sound is reproduced in response to the game start operation. Moreover, it is good also as a structure by which a speech sound is reproduced | regenerated in response to the starting of the reel 12. FIG. Further, the speech may be played when the second stop operation is triggered, or the speech may be played when the BET operation is triggered.

  FIG. 60 is a diagram for explaining the sound reproduction period of the speech effect in the modification. The above modification is different from the above-described embodiments in that the blowing sound effect is omitted. FIG. 60 shows a playback period of the speech sound F and a playback period of the speech sound L. In the specific example of FIG. 60, it is assumed that in the next game in which the speech effect in which the speech sound F is reproduced is executed, the speech effect in which the speech sound L is reproduced is executed. The speech voice F starts to be played at an opportunity X, and the speech voice L starts to play at an opportunity Y. As the opportunity X and the opportunity Y, for example, a predetermined game operation (game start operation, stop operation) can be adopted. Further, the time length of the speech sound F is determined in advance, and a period t from when the sound of the speech sound F is started until the time length elapses is defined as a period t.

  The sound source IC 431 according to the first embodiment described above stops the speech sound of the previous game when the reproduction of the sound effect sound is instructed in the current game. The sound source IC 431 according to the modified example stops the speech sound of the previous game when the start of the speech sound playback in the current game is instructed. Further, in the first embodiment, each speech sound is reproduced on different channel ch. However, in the modification of FIG. 60, each speech sound is reproduced on the same channel chx.

  FIG. 60 (a) shows a specific example in which the playback of the speech sound L is started and then the playback of the speech sound L is started after the elapse of the period t. In the above case, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound F on the channel chx at the opportunity X. In addition, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound L at an opportunity Y after the speech sound F ends. Specifically, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound L on the channel chx from which the speech sound F is reproduced. In the above configuration, the speech sound F and the speech sound L are reproduced on the same channel chx.

  FIG. 60B shows a specific example in which the playback of the speech sound F is started, and then the playback of the speech sound L is started before the elapse of the period t. Even in the above case, as in the specific example of FIG. 60A, the sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound F on the channel chx at the opportunity X and reproduces the speech sound L on the channel chx at the opportunity Y. That is, both the speech audio F and the speech audio L are reproduced on the common channel chx. The sound source IC 431 reproduces the speech sound L on the channel chx instead of the speech sound F when an instruction to reproduce the speech sound L is given during the period t in which the speech sound F is reproduced on the channel chx. In the above configuration, the speech sound F is stopped halfway, and the playback of the speech sound L is started. Therefore, since the speech sound F and the speech sound L are not mixed, inconvenience that it becomes difficult to hear each speech sound is suppressed. Although FIG. 60 shows the case where the speech sound L is reproduced in the next game in which the speech sound F is reproduced, the speech sound F and the speech sound L may be reproduced in the same game. For example, the speech sound F may be played in response to the first stop operation, and the speech sound L may be played in the third stop operation.

(3) In each of the above embodiments, the serif effect is illustrated as an example of the “specific effect” of the present invention, but other effects may be adopted. Moreover, although the blowing sound effect and the speech sound are exemplified as the sound corresponding to the specific effect, other effect sound may be adopted.

(4) The configuration of the sub control board 400 is not limited to the above-described embodiments. FIG. 61 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the sub-control board 400 in the modification. The sub control board 400 of the modification is different from the above-described embodiments in that the image control CPU 421 is not provided.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 61, the sub-control board 400 according to the modification includes an effect control board 410, an image control board 420, and a sound board 430. The effect control board 410 includes a sub CPU 412, a sub ROM 413, and a sub RAM 414 as in the first embodiment. The sound board 430 includes a sound source ROM 432 and a sound source IC 431.

  The image control board 420 includes an image control ROM 422, a RAM 425, and a VDP 423. That is, the image control board 420 according to the modification is different from the first embodiment in that the image control CPU 421 is not provided. In the above configuration, the sound source IC 431 is controlled by the sub CPU 412. Specifically, the sub CPU 412 of the modified example outputs a sound output request command Z to the sound source IC 431, and the sound source IC 431 reproduces each sound according to the sound output request command Z. The sub CPU 412 controls the VDP 423 to display various images on the liquid crystal display device 30.

  Also in the above modification, the same effect as each above-mentioned form can be produced. In the configuration in which the sub CPU 412 controls the sound source IC 431, the image control CPU 421 may be included. In the above configuration, the VDP 423 is controlled by the image control CPU 421. Further, the sub-control board 400 may be constituted by a plurality of boards or a single board. Further, in a modification, a CPU for controlling each lamp may be provided separately from the sub CPU 412.

(5) The present invention can be applied not only to the above-described pachislot machines but also to pachinko machines, other gaming machines, and game machines in general.

  The gaming machine of the present invention is, for example, the following gaming machine.

  The gaming machine of the present invention variably displays a plurality of types of symbols, and variable display means (each reel 12) for stopping and displaying a combination of symbols as a result of the game, and accepting the player's operation to start the game The game starting means (S103-6), the internal lottery means (S106-1) for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery when the game is started, and the player when stopping the symbol When a game is started with a stop operation means to be operated (each stop button 25), a winning determination means (S110) for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the variable display means, and each symbol on the variable display means. In accordance with the winning combination determined by the internal lottery means and the player's operation mode with respect to the stop operation means, the symbol variation control means (S109) for stopping each symbol and the specific effect (serial effect) are displayed. And a sound processing means (sound source IC 431) that reproduces sound corresponding to the specific effect in the game in which the specific effect is executed in the game in which the specific effect is executed. The processing means is a case where a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound, and when the predetermined effect is executed in the new game, the sound is stopped, and the predetermined effect is a new one. When the game is not executed, the sound reproduction is continued.

  According to the above configuration of the present invention, when a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound of the specific effect, and the predetermined effect is executed in the new game, the sound of the specific effect Is stopped. Therefore, since the sound of the predetermined effect executed in the new game is not mixed with the sound of the specific effect in the previous game, the inconvenience that it is difficult to hear the sound of each effect is suppressed. In addition, according to the configuration of the present invention, when a new game is started during the reproduction of the sound of the specific effect, and the predetermined effect is not executed in the new game, the sound of the specific effect is played. Playback continues. Therefore, for example, the sound of the specific effect is easily reproduced to the end as compared with a configuration in which the sound of the specific effect is uniformly stopped at the start of a new game.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine, 300 ... Main control board, 301 ... Main CPU, 302 ... Main ROM, 303 ... Main RAM, 304 ... Random number generator, 305 ... I / F circuit, 400 ... Sub control board, 410 ... Production control board 411 ... I / F circuit, 412 ... sub CPU, 413 ... sub ROM, 414 ... sub RAM, 420 ... image control board, 421 ... image control CPU, 422 ... image control ROM, 423 ... VDP, 424 ... CGROM, 425 ... RAM, 430 ... sound board, 431 ... sound source IC, 432 ... sound source ROM.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the gaming machine according to the present invention accepts a variable display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols and stopping and displaying a combination of symbols as a result of the game, and a player's operation. A game starting means for starting a game, an internal lottery means for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery when the game is started, and a stop operation means operated by a player for stopping a symbol A winning determination means for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the variable display means, and each symbol on the variable display means is variably displayed when a game is started, and the winning combination and stop operation determined by the internal lottery means Depending on the player's operation mode for the means, the symbol fluctuation control means for stopping each symbol, the effect execution means for executing the specific effect, and the game in which the specific effect is executed, the response corresponding to the specific effect ; And a sound processing means for reproducing the sound, the sound processing means, even if a new game is initiated during sound reproduction, when a particular effect is executed at a new game, playing acoustic stopped, if a particular effect not performed in the new game, characterized by continuing the reproduction of the sound being reproduced.

The gaming machine of the present invention variably displays a plurality of types of symbols, and variable display means (each reel 12) for stopping and displaying a combination of symbols as a result of the game, and accepting the player's operation to start the game The game starting means (S103-6), the internal lottery means (S106-1) for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery when the game is started, and the player when stopping the symbol When a game is started with a stop operation means to be operated (each stop button 25), a winning determination means (S110) for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the variable display means, and each symbol on the variable display means. In accordance with the winning combination determined by the internal lottery means and the player's operation mode with respect to the stop operation means, the symbol variation control means (S109) for stopping each symbol and the specific effect (serial effect) are displayed. And a sound processing means (sound source IC 431) that reproduces sound corresponding to the specific effect in the game in which the specific effect is executed in the game in which the specific effect is executed. processing means, even if a new game is initiated during sound reproduction, when a particular effect is executed at a new game, and stops the sound during playback, the a new game specific effect If not executed , the playback of the sound being played back is continued.

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Variable display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols, and stopping and displaying the combination of symbols as a result of the game,
Game starting means for accepting the player's operation and starting the game;
An internal lottery means for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations by lottery when a game is started;
Stop operation means operated by the player when stopping the symbol;
A winning determination means for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the variable display means;
The symbols of the variable display means are variably displayed when a game is started, and the symbols are stopped according to the winning combination determined by the internal lottery means and the player's operation mode with respect to the stop operation means. Design variation control means;
Production execution means for executing a specific production;
In the game in which the specific effect is executed, sound processing means for reproducing sound according to the specific effect is provided,
The sound processing means stops the sound when the new game is started during the reproduction of the sound, and when a predetermined effect is executed in the new game, the sound processing means stops the sound. When the produced performance is not executed in the new game, the sound is continuously reproduced.

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